wireproto: syntax for encoding CBOR into frames
We just vendored a library for encoding and decoding the CBOR
data format. While the intent of that vendor was to support state
files, CBOR is really a nice data format. It is extensible and
compact.
I've been feeling dirty inventing my own data formats for
frame payloads. While custom formats can always beat out a generic
format, there is a cost to be paid in terms of implementation,
comprehension, etc. CBOR is compact enough that I'm not too
worried about efficiency loss. I think the benefits of using
a standardized format outweigh rolling our own formats. So
I plan to make heavy use of CBOR in the wire protocol going
forward.
This commit introduces support for encoding CBOR data in frame
payloads to our function to make a frame from a human string.
We do need to employ some low-level Python code in order to
evaluate a string as a Python expression. But other than that,
this should hopefully be pretty straightforward.
Unit tests for this function have been added.
Differential Revision: https://phab.mercurial-scm.org/D2948
$ cat > unix2mac.py <<EOF
> import sys
>
> for path in sys.argv[1:]:
> data = open(path, 'rb').read()
> data = data.replace(b'\n', b'\r')
> open(path, 'wb').write(data)
> EOF
$ cat > print.py <<EOF
> import sys
> print(sys.stdin.read().replace('\n', '<LF>').replace('\r', '<CR>').replace('\0', '<NUL>'))
> EOF
$ hg init
$ echo '[hooks]' >> .hg/hgrc
$ echo 'pretxncommit.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr' >> .hg/hgrc
$ echo 'pretxnchangegroup.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr' >> .hg/hgrc
$ cat .hg/hgrc
[hooks]
pretxncommit.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr
pretxnchangegroup.cr = python:hgext.win32text.forbidcr
$ echo hello > f
$ hg add f
$ hg ci -m 1
$ $PYTHON unix2mac.py f
$ hg ci -m 2
attempt to commit or push text file(s) using CR line endings
in dea860dc51ec: f
transaction abort!
rollback completed
abort: pretxncommit.cr hook failed
[255]
$ hg cat f | $PYTHON print.py
hello<LF>
$ cat f | $PYTHON print.py
hello<CR>