histedit: move outgoing processing to its own function
Every piece of code extracted from the main command is a win. We simplify
changeset determination in the process. Parent ceases being a list before
becoming a node. We how have a root variable containing a node all the time.
[('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', '\n \n\nding\ndong')]
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'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']
None
True
boolinvalid
intinvalid