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filecache: unimplement __set__() and __delete__() (API)

Implementing __set__() implies that the descriptor can't be overridden by
obj.__dict__, which means any property access involves slow function call.

  "Data descriptors with __set__() and __get__() defined always override
  a redefinition in an instance dictionary. In contrast, non-data descriptors
  can be overridden by instances."

  https://docs.python.org/2.7/reference/datamodel.html#invoking-descriptors

This patch basically backs out 236bb604dc39, "scmutil: update cached copy
when filecached attribute is assigned (issue3263)." The problem described
in issue3263 (which is #3264 in Bugzilla) should no longer happen since
repo._bookmarkcurrent has been moved to repo._bookmarks.active. We still
have a risk of introducing similar bugs, but I think that's the cost we
have to pay.

  $ hg perfrevset 'branch(tip)' -R mercurial
  (orig) wall 0.139511 comb 0.140000 user 0.140000 sys 0.000000 (best of 66)
  (prev) wall 0.114195 comb 0.110000 user 0.110000 sys 0.000000 (best of 81)
  (this) wall 0.099038 comb 0.110000 user 0.100000 sys 0.010000 (best of 93)

Mercurial's default format for showing changes between two versions of
a file is compatible with the unified format of GNU diff, which can be
used by GNU patch and many other standard tools.

While this standard format is often enough, it does not encode the
following information:

- executable status and other permission bits
- copy or rename information
- changes in binary files
- creation or deletion of empty files

Mercurial also supports the extended diff format from the git VCS
which addresses these limitations. The git diff format is not produced
by default because a few widespread tools still do not understand this
format.

This means that when generating diffs from a Mercurial repository
(e.g. with :hg:`export`), you should be careful about things like file
copies and renames or other things mentioned above, because when
applying a standard diff to a different repository, this extra
information is lost. Mercurial's internal operations (like push and
pull) are not affected by this, because they use an internal binary
format for communicating changes.

To make Mercurial produce the git extended diff format, use the --git
option available for many commands, or set 'git = True' in the [diff]
section of your configuration file. You do not need to set this option
when importing diffs in this format or using them in the mq extension.