util: improve iterfile so it chooses code path wisely
We have performance concerns on "iterfile" as it is 4X slower on normal
files. While modern systems have the nice property that reading a "fast"
(on-disk) file cannot be interrupted and should be made use of.
This patch dumps the related knowledge in comments. And "iterfile" chooses
code paths wisely:
1. If it's CPython 3, or PyPY, use the fast path.
2. If fp is a normal file, use the fast path.
3. If fp is not a normal file and CPython version >= 2.7.4, use the same
workaround (4x slower) as before.
4. If fp is not a normal file and CPython version < 2.7.4, use another
workaround (2x slower but may block longer then necessary) which
basically re-invents the buffer + readline logic in Python.
This will give us good confidence on both correctness and performance
dealing with EINTR in iterfile(fp) for all known supported Python versions.
$ hg init
$ touch a
$ hg add a
$ hg ci -m "a"
$ echo 123 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg diff --nodates
diff -r 3903775176ed b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123
$ hg diff --nodates -r tip
diff -r 3903775176ed b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123
$ echo foo > a
$ hg diff --nodates
diff -r 3903775176ed a
--- a/a
+++ b/a
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+foo
diff -r 3903775176ed b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/b
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+123
$ hg diff -r ""
hg: parse error: empty query
[255]
$ hg diff -r tip -r ""
hg: parse error: empty query
[255]
Remove a file that was added via merge. Since the file is not in parent 1,
it should not be in the diff.
$ hg ci -m 'a=foo' a
$ hg co -Cq null
$ echo 123 > b
$ hg add b
$ hg ci -m "b"
created new head
$ hg merge 1
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg rm -f a
$ hg diff --nodates
Rename a file that was added via merge. Since the rename source is not in
parent 1, the diff should be relative to /dev/null
$ hg co -Cq 2
$ hg merge 1
1 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
(branch merge, don't forget to commit)
$ hg mv a a2
$ hg diff --nodates
diff -r cf44b38435e5 a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a2
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+foo
$ hg diff --nodates --git
diff --git a/a2 b/a2
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/a2
@@ -0,0 +1,1 @@
+foo