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parsers: fail fast if Python has wrong minor version (issue4110)

This change causes an informative ImportError to be raised when importing
the parsers extension module if the minor version of the currently-running
Python interpreter doesn't match that of the Python used when compiling
the extension module.

This change also exposes a parsers.versionerrortext constant in the
C implementation of the module.  Its presence can be used to determine
whether this behavior is present in a version of the module.  The value
of the constant is the leading text of the ImportError raised and is set
to "Python minor version mismatch".

Here is an example of what the new error looks like:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "test.py", line 1, in <module>
      import mercurial.parsers
  ImportError: Python minor version mismatch: The Mercurial extension
  modules were compiled with Python 2.7.6, but Mercurial is currently using
  Python with sys.hexversion=33883888: Python 2.5.6
  (r256:88840, Nov 18 2012, 05:37:10)
  [GCC 4.2.1 Compatible Apple Clang 4.1 ((tags/Apple/clang-421.11.66))]
   at: /opt/local/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.5/Resources/
    Python.app/Contents/MacOS/Python

The reason for raising an error in this scenario is that Python's C API
is known not to be compatible from minor version to minor version, even
if sys.api_version is the same.  See for example this Python bug report
about incompatibilities between 2.5 and 2.6+:

  http://bugs.python.org/issue8118

These incompatibilities can cause Mercurial to break in mysterious,
unforeseen ways.  For example, when Mercurial compiled with Python 2.7 was
run with 2.5, the following crash occurred when running "hg status":

  http://bz.selenic.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4110

After this crash was fixed, running with Python 2.5 no longer crashes, but
the following puzzling behavior still occurs:

    $ hg status
      ...
      File ".../mercurial/changelog.py", line 123, in __init__
        revlog.revlog.__init__(self, opener, "00changelog.i")
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 251, in __init__
        d = self._io.parseindex(i, self._inline)
      File ".../mercurial/revlog.py", line 158, in parseindex
        index, cache = parsers.parse_index2(data, inline)
    TypeError: data is not a string

which can be reproduced more simply with:

    import mercurial.parsers as parsers
    parsers.parse_index2("", True)

Both the crash and the TypeError occurred because the Python C API's
PyString_Check() returns the wrong value when the C header files from
Python 2.7 are run with Python 2.5.  This is an example of an
incompatibility of the sort mentioned in the Python bug report above.

Failing fast with an informative error message results in a better user
experience in cases like the above.  The information in the ImportError
also simplifies troubleshooting for those on Mercurial mailing lists, the
bug tracker, etc.

This patch only adds the version check to parsers.c, which is sufficient
to affect command-line commands like "hg status" and "hg summary".
An idea for a future improvement is to move the version-checking C code
to a more central location, and have it run when importing all
Mercurial extension modules and not just parsers.c.

  $ . "$TESTDIR/histedit-helpers.sh"

  $ cat >> $HGRCPATH <<EOF
  > [extensions]
  > histedit=
  > EOF

  $ initrepo ()
  > {
  >     hg init r
  >     cd r
  >     for x in a b c d e f ; do
  >         echo $x > $x
  >         hg add $x
  >         hg ci -m $x
  >     done
  > }

  $ initrepo

log before edit
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   5:652413bf663e
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   4:e860deea161a
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   3:055a42cdd887
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   2:177f92b77385
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     c
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     b
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a
  

edit the history
  $ hg histedit 177f92b77385 --commands - 2>&1 << EOF | fixbundle
  > drop 177f92b77385 c
  > pick e860deea161a e
  > pick 652413bf663e f
  > pick 055a42cdd887 d
  > EOF
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 4 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 0 files removed, 0 files unresolved

log after edit
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   4:f518305ce889
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     d
  |
  o  changeset:   3:a4f7421b80f7
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   2:ee283cb5f2d5
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     b
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a
  

Check histedit_source

  $ hg log --debug --rev f518305ce889
  invalid branchheads cache (visible): tip differs
  changeset:   4:f518305ce889c07cb5bd05522176d75590ef3324
  tag:         tip
  phase:       draft
  parent:      3:a4f7421b80f79fcc59fff01bcbf4a53d127dd6d3
  parent:      -1:0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
  manifest:    4:d3d4f51c157ff242c32ff745d4799aaa26ccda44
  user:        test
  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  files+:      d
  extra:       branch=default
  extra:       histedit_source=055a42cdd88768532f9cf79daa407fc8d138de9b
  description:
  d
  
  

manifest after edit
  $ hg manifest
  a
  b
  d
  e
  f

Drop the last changeset

  $ hg histedit ee283cb5f2d5 --commands - 2>&1 << EOF | fixbundle
  > pick ee283cb5f2d5 e
  > pick a4f7421b80f7 f
  > drop f518305ce889 d
  > EOF
  0 files updated, 0 files merged, 1 files removed, 0 files unresolved
  $ hg log --graph
  @  changeset:   3:a4f7421b80f7
  |  tag:         tip
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     f
  |
  o  changeset:   2:ee283cb5f2d5
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     e
  |
  o  changeset:   1:d2ae7f538514
  |  user:        test
  |  date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
  |  summary:     b
  |
  o  changeset:   0:cb9a9f314b8b
     user:        test
     date:        Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
     summary:     a
  

  $ cd ..