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parser: extract function that tests if next token may start new term

Future patches will separate primary expression and prefix operator actions.
This function will be used to resolve ambiguity of them.

This is a step to remove the old-style revexpr parser. We need both ":" and
":y" operators for backward compatibility.

# node.py - basic nodeid manipulation for mercurial
#
# Copyright 2005, 2006 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.

import binascii

nullrev = -1
nullid = "\0" * 20

# pseudo identifiers for working directory
# (they are experimental, so don't add too many dependencies on them)
wdirrev = 0x7fffffff
wdirid = "\xff" * 20

# This ugly style has a noticeable effect in manifest parsing
hex = binascii.hexlify
bin = binascii.unhexlify

def short(node):
    return hex(node[:6])