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parsers: a C implementation of the new ancestors algorithm

The performance of both the old and new Python ancestor algorithms
depends on the number of revs they need to traverse.  Although the
new algorithm performs far better than the old when revs are
numerically and topologically close, both algorithms become slow
under other circumstances, taking up to 1.8 seconds to give answers
in a Linux kernel repo.

This C implementation of the new algorithm is a fairly straightforward
transliteration.  The only corner case of interest is that it raises
an OverflowError if the number of GCA candidates found during the
first pass is greater than 24, to avoid the dual perils of fixnum
overflow and trying to allocate too much memory.  (If this exception
is raised, the Python implementation is used instead.)

Performance numbers are good: in a Linux kernel repo, time for "hg
debugancestors" on two distant revs (24bf01de7537 and c2a8808f5943)
is as follows:

  Old Python: 0.36 sec
  New Python: 0.42 sec
  New C: 0.02 sec

For a case where the new algorithm should perform well:

  Old Python: 1.84 sec
  New Python: 0.07 sec
  New C: measures as zero when using --time

(This commit includes a paranoid cross-check to ensure that the
Python and C implementations give identical answers. The above
performance numbers were measured with that check disabled.)

# parser.py - simple top-down operator precedence parser for mercurial
#
# Copyright 2010 Matt Mackall <[e-mail]>
#
# This software may be used and distributed according to the terms of the
# GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version.

# see http://effbot.org/zone/simple-top-down-parsing.htm and
# http://eli.thegreenplace.net/2010/01/02/top-down-operator-precedence-parsing/
# for background

# takes a tokenizer and elements
# tokenizer is an iterator that returns type, value pairs
# elements is a mapping of types to binding strength, prefix and infix actions
# an action is a tree node name, a tree label, and an optional match
# __call__(program) parses program into a labeled tree

import error
from i18n import _

class parser(object):
    def __init__(self, tokenizer, elements, methods=None):
        self._tokenizer = tokenizer
        self._elements = elements
        self._methods = methods
        self.current = None
    def _advance(self):
        'advance the tokenizer'
        t = self.current
        try:
            self.current = self._iter.next()
        except StopIteration:
            pass
        return t
    def _match(self, m, pos):
        'make sure the tokenizer matches an end condition'
        if self.current[0] != m:
            raise error.ParseError(_("unexpected token: %s") % self.current[0],
                                   self.current[2])
        self._advance()
    def _parse(self, bind=0):
        token, value, pos = self._advance()
        # handle prefix rules on current token
        prefix = self._elements[token][1]
        if not prefix:
            raise error.ParseError(_("not a prefix: %s") % token, pos)
        if len(prefix) == 1:
            expr = (prefix[0], value)
        else:
            if len(prefix) > 2 and prefix[2] == self.current[0]:
                self._match(prefix[2], pos)
                expr = (prefix[0], None)
            else:
                expr = (prefix[0], self._parse(prefix[1]))
                if len(prefix) > 2:
                    self._match(prefix[2], pos)
        # gather tokens until we meet a lower binding strength
        while bind < self._elements[self.current[0]][0]:
            token, value, pos = self._advance()
            e = self._elements[token]
            # check for suffix - next token isn't a valid prefix
            if len(e) == 4 and not self._elements[self.current[0]][1]:
                suffix = e[3]
                expr = (suffix[0], expr)
            else:
                # handle infix rules
                if len(e) < 3 or not e[2]:
                    raise error.ParseError(_("not an infix: %s") % token, pos)
                infix = e[2]
                if len(infix) == 3 and infix[2] == self.current[0]:
                    self._match(infix[2], pos)
                    expr = (infix[0], expr, (None))
                else:
                    expr = (infix[0], expr, self._parse(infix[1]))
                    if len(infix) == 3:
                        self._match(infix[2], pos)
        return expr
    def parse(self, message):
        'generate a parse tree from a message'
        self._iter = self._tokenizer(message)
        self._advance()
        res = self._parse()
        token, value, pos = self.current
        return res, pos
    def eval(self, tree):
        'recursively evaluate a parse tree using node methods'
        if not isinstance(tree, tuple):
            return tree
        return self._methods[tree[0]](*[self.eval(t) for t in tree[1:]])
    def __call__(self, message):
        'parse a message into a parse tree and evaluate if methods given'
        t = self.parse(message)
        if self._methods:
            return self.eval(t)
        return t