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revset: introduce "_parsealiasdecl" to parse alias declarations strictly

This patch introduces "_parsealiasdecl" to parse alias declarations
strictly. For example, "_parsealiasdecl" can detect problems below,
which current implementation can't.

  - un-closed parenthesis causes being treated as "alias symbol"

    because all of declarations not in "func(....)" style are
    recognized as "alias symbol".

    for example, "foo($1, $2" is treated as the alias symbol.

  - alias symbol/function names aren't examined whether they are valid
    as symbol or not

    for example, "foo bar" can be treated as the alias symbol, but of
    course such invalid symbol can't be referred in revset.

  - just splitting argument list by "," causes overlooking syntax
    problems in the declaration

    for example, all of invalid declarations below are overlooked:

    - foo("bar")     => taking one argument named as '"bar"'
    - foo("unclosed) => taking one argument named as '"unclosed'
    - foo(bar::baz)  => taking one argument named as 'bar::baz'
    - foo(bar($1))   => taking one argument named as 'bar($1)'

To decrease complication of patch, current implementation for alias
declarations is replaced by "_parsealiasdecl" in the subsequent
patch. This patch just introduces it.

This patch defines "_parsealiasdecl" not as a method of "revsetalias"
class but as a one of "revset" module, because of ease of testing by
doctest.

This patch factors some helper functions for "tree" out, because:

  - direct accessing like "if tree[0] == 'func' and len(tree) > 1"
    decreases readability

  - subsequent patch (and also existing code paths, in the future) can
    use them for readability

This patch also factors "_tokenizealias" out, because it can be used
also for parsing alias definitions strictly.

[This file is here for historical purposes, all recent contributors
should appear in the changelog directly]

Andrea Arcangeli <andrea at suse.de>
Thomas Arendsen Hein <thomas at intevation.de>
Goffredo Baroncelli <kreijack at libero.it>
Muli Ben-Yehuda <mulix at mulix.org>
Mikael Berthe <mikael at lilotux.net>
Benoit Boissinot <bboissin at gmail.com>
Brendan Cully <brendan at kublai.com>
Vincent Danjean <vdanjean.ml at free.fr>
Jake Edge <jake at edge2.net>
Michael Fetterman <michael.fetterman at intel.com>
Edouard Gomez <ed.gomez at free.fr>
Eric Hopper <hopper at omnifarious.org>
Alecs King <alecsk at gmail.com>
Volker Kleinfeld <Volker.Kleinfeld at gmx.de>
Vadim Lebedev <vadim at mbdsys.com>
Christopher Li <hg at chrisli.org>
Chris Mason <mason at suse.com>
Colin McMillen <mcmillen at cs.cmu.edu>
Wojciech Milkowski <wmilkowski at interia.pl>
Chad Netzer <chad.netzer at gmail.com>
Bryan O'Sullivan <bos at serpentine.com>
Vicent Seguí Pascual <vseguip at gmail.com>
Sean Perry <shaleh at speakeasy.net>
Nguyen Anh Quynh <aquynh at gmail.com>
Ollivier Robert <roberto at keltia.freenix.fr>
Alexander Schremmer <alex at alexanderweb.de>
Arun Sharma <arun at sharma-home.net>
Josef "Jeff" Sipek <jeffpc at optonline.net>
Kevin Smith <yarcs at qualitycode.com>
TK Soh <teekaysoh at yahoo.com>
Radoslaw Szkodzinski <astralstorm at gorzow.mm.pl>
Samuel Tardieu <sam at rfc1149.net>
K Thananchayan <thananck at yahoo.com>
Andrew Thompson <andrewkt at aktzero.com>
Michael S. Tsirkin <mst at mellanox.co.il>
Rafael Villar Burke <pachi at mmn-arquitectos.com>
Tristan Wibberley <tristan at wibberley.org>
Mark Williamson <mark.williamson at cl.cam.ac.uk>