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wireprotov2: implement commands as a generator of objects

Previously, wire protocol version 2 inherited version 1's model of
having separate types to represent the results of different wire
protocol commands.

As I implemented more powerful commands in future commits, I found
I was using a common pattern of returning a special type to hold a
generator. This meant the command function required a closure to
do most of the work. That made logic flow more difficult to follow.
I also noticed that many commands were effectively a sequence of
objects to be CBOR encoded.

I think it makes sense to define version 2 commands as generators.
This way, commands can simply emit the data structures they wish to
send to the client. This eliminates the need for a closure in
command functions and removes encoding from the bodies of commands.

As part of this commit, the handling of response objects has been
moved into the serverreactor class. This puts the reactor in the
driver's seat with regards to CBOR encoding and error handling.
Having error handling in the function that emits frames is
particularly important because exceptions in that function can lead
to things getting in a bad state: I'm fairly certain that uncaught
exceptions in the frame generator were causing deadlocks.

I also introduced a dedicated error type for explicit error reporting
in command handlers. This will be used in subsequent commits.

There's still a bit of work to be done here, especially around
formalizing the error handling "protocol." I've added yet another
TODO to track this so we don't forget.

Test output changed because we're using generators and no longer know
we are at the end of the data until we hit the end of the generator.
This means we can't emit the end-of-stream flag until we've exhausted
the generator. Hence the introduction of 0-sized end-of-stream frames.

Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D4472

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Mercurial Rust Code
===================

This directory contains various Rust code for the Mercurial project.

The top-level ``Cargo.toml`` file defines a workspace containing
all primary Mercurial crates.

Building
========

To build the Rust components::

   $ cargo build

If you prefer a non-debug / release configuration::

   $ cargo build --release

Features
--------

The following Cargo features are available:

localdev (default)
   Produce files that work with an in-source-tree build.

   In this mode, the build finds and uses a ``python2.7`` binary from
   ``PATH``. The ``hg`` binary assumes it runs from ``rust/target/<target>hg``
   and it finds Mercurial files at ``dirname($0)/../../../``.

Build Mechanism
---------------

The produced ``hg`` binary is *bound* to a CPython installation. The
binary links against and loads a CPython library that is discovered
at build time (by a ``build.rs`` Cargo build script). The Python
standard library defined by this CPython installation is also used.

Finding the appropriate CPython installation to use is done by
the ``python27-sys`` crate's ``build.rs``. Its search order is::

1. ``PYTHON_SYS_EXECUTABLE`` environment variable.
2. ``python`` executable on ``PATH``
3. ``python2`` executable on ``PATH``
4. ``python2.7`` executable on ``PATH``

Additional verification of the found Python will be performed by our
``build.rs`` to ensure it meets Mercurial's requirements.

Details about the build-time configured Python are built into the
produced ``hg`` binary. This means that a built ``hg`` binary is only
suitable for a specific, well-defined role. These roles are controlled
by Cargo features (see above).

Running
=======

The ``hgcli`` crate produces an ``hg`` binary. You can run this binary
via ``cargo run``::

   $ cargo run --manifest-path hgcli/Cargo.toml

Or directly::

   $ target/debug/hg
   $ target/release/hg

You can also run the test harness with this binary::

   $ ./run-tests.py --with-hg ../rust/target/debug/hg

.. note::

   Integration with the test harness is still preliminary. Remember to
   ``cargo build`` after changes because the test harness doesn't yet
   automatically build Rust code.