compat: don't rely on cpython-specific builtins manipulation
Pierre Augier signaled on the mailing list that this fails on Pypy and pointed
out the correct solution.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D11732
[('string', 'string value'), ('bool1', 'true'), ('bool2', 'false'), ('boolinvalid', 'foo'), ('int1', '42'), ('int2', '-42'), ('intinvalid', 'foo')]
[('list1', 'foo'), ('list2', 'foo bar baz'), ('list3', 'alice, bob'), ('list4', 'foo bar baz alice, bob'), ('list5', 'abc d"ef"g "hij def"'), ('list6', '"hello world", "how are you?"'), ('list7', 'Do"Not"Separate'), ('list8', '"Do"Separate'), ('list9', '"Do\\"NotSeparate"'), ('list10', 'string "with extraneous" quotation mark"'), ('list11', 'x, y'), ('list12', '"x", "y"'), ('list13', '""" key = "x", "y" """'), ('list14', ',,,,'), ('list15', '" just with starting quotation'), ('list16', '"longer quotation" with "no ending quotation'), ('list17', 'this is \\" "not a quotation mark"'), ('list18', 'ding\ndong')]
---
'string value'
'true'
'false'
None
---
'values.string is not a boolean (\'string value\')'
True
False
False
False
True
---
42
-42
---
['foo']
['foo', 'bar', 'baz']
['alice', 'bob']
['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'alice', 'bob']
['foo', 'bar', 'baz', 'alice', 'bob']
['abc', 'd"ef"g', 'hij def']
['hello world', 'how are you?']
['Do"Not"Separate']
['Do', 'Separate']
['Do"NotSeparate']
['string', 'with extraneous', 'quotation', 'mark"']
['x', 'y']
['x', 'y']
['', ' key = ', 'x"', 'y', '', '"']
[]
['"', 'just', 'with', 'starting', 'quotation']
['longer quotation', 'with', '"no', 'ending', 'quotation']
['this', 'is', '"', 'not a quotation mark']
['ding', 'dong']
[]
[]
['foo']
['foo']
['foo', 'bar']
['foo', 'bar']
['foo bar']
['foo', 'bar']
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(0, 0)
(1113868800, 0)
None
True
boolinvalid
intinvalid
dateinvalid