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py3: make stdout line-buffered if connected to a TTY

Status messages that are to be shown on the terminal should be written to the
file descriptor before anything further is done, to keep the user updated.

One common way to achieve this is to make stdout line-buffered if it is
connected to a TTY. This is done on Python 2 (except on Windows, where libc,
which the CPython 2 streams depend on, does not properly support this).

Python 3 rolls it own I/O streams. On Python 3, buffered binary streams can't be
set line-buffered. The previous code (added in 227ba1afcb65) incorrectly
assumed that on Python 3, pycompat.stdout (sys.stdout.buffer) is already
line-buffered. However the interpreter initializes it with a block-buffered
stream or an unbuffered stream (when the -u option or the PYTHONUNBUFFERED
environment variable is set), never with a line-buffered stream.

One example where the current behavior is unacceptable is when running
`hg pull https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg` on Python 3, where the line
"pulling from https://www.mercurial-scm.org/repo/hg" does not appear on the
terminal before the hg process blocks while waiting for the server.

Various approaches to fix this problem are possible, including:

1. Weaken the contract of procutil.stdout to not give any guarantees about
   buffering behavior. In this case, users of procutil.stdout need to be
   changed to do enough flushes. In particular,
  1. either ui must insert enough flushes for ui.write() and friends, or
  2. ui.write() and friends get split into flushing and fully buffered
     methods, or
  3. users of ui.write() and friends must flush explicitly.
2. Make stdout unbuffered.
3. Make stdout line-buffered. Since Python 3 does not natively support that for
   binary streams, we must implement it ourselves.

(2.) is problematic because using unbuffered I/O changes the performance
characteristics significantly compared to line-buffered (which is used on
Python 2) and this would be a regression.

(1.2.) and (1.3) are a substantial amount of work. It’s unclear whether the
added complexity would be justified, given that raw performance doesn’t matter
that much when writing to a terminal much faster than the user could read it.

(1.1.) pushes complexity into the ui class instead of separating the concern of
how stdout is buffered. Other users of procutil.stdout would still need to take
care of the flushes.

This patch implements (3.). The general performance considerations are very
similar to (1.1.). The extra method invocation and method forwarding add a
little more overhead if the class is used. In exchange, it doesn’t add overhead
if not used.


For the benchmarks, I compared the previous implementation (incorrect on Python
3), (1.1.), (3.) and (2.). The command was chosen so that the streams were
configured as if they were writing to a TTY, but actually write to a pager,
which is also the default:
HGRCPATH=/dev/null python3 ./hg --cwd ~/vcs/mozilla-central --time --pager yes --config pager.pager='cat > /dev/null' status --all

previous:
time: real 7.880 secs (user 7.290+0.050 sys 0.580+0.170)
time: real 7.830 secs (user 7.220+0.070 sys 0.590+0.140)
time: real 7.800 secs (user 7.210+0.050 sys 0.570+0.170)

(1.1.) using Yuya Nishihara’s patch:
time: real 9.860 secs (user 8.670+0.350 sys 1.160+0.830)
time: real 9.540 secs (user 8.430+0.370 sys 1.100+0.770)
time: real 9.830 secs (user 8.630+0.370 sys 1.180+0.840)

(3.) using this patch:
time: real 9.580 secs (user 8.480+0.350 sys 1.090+0.770)
time: real 9.670 secs (user 8.480+0.330 sys 1.170+0.860)
time: real 9.640 secs (user 8.500+0.350 sys 1.130+0.810)

(2.) using a previous patch by me:
time: real 10.480 secs (user 8.850+0.720 sys 1.590+1.500)
time: real 10.490 secs (user 8.750+0.750 sys 1.710+1.470)
time: real 10.240 secs (user 8.600+0.700 sys 1.590+1.510)


As expected, there’s no difference on Python 2, as exactly the same code paths
are used:

previous:
time: real 6.950 secs (user 5.870+0.330 sys 1.070+0.770)
time: real 7.040 secs (user 6.040+0.360 sys 0.980+0.750)
time: real 7.070 secs (user 5.950+0.360 sys 1.100+0.760)

this patch:
time: real 7.010 secs (user 5.900+0.390 sys 1.070+0.730)
time: real 7.000 secs (user 5.850+0.350 sys 1.120+0.760)
time: real 7.000 secs (user 5.790+0.380 sys 1.170+0.710)

============================================
Testing obsolescence markers push: Cases A.6
============================================

Mercurial pushes obsolescences markers relevant to the "pushed-set", the set of
all changesets that requested to be "in sync" after the push (even if they are
already on both side).

This test belongs to a series of tests checking such set is properly computed
and applied. This does not tests "obsmarkers" discovery capabilities.

Category A: simple cases
TestCase 6: new markers between changesets already known on both side
Variants:
# a: explicit push
# b: bare push

A.6  new markers between changesets already known on both side
==============================================================

.. {{{
..   A ◕⇠● B
..     |/
..     ● O
.. }}}
..
.. Marker exist from:
..
..  * `A◕⇠● B`
..
.. Command runs:
..
..  * hg push -r B
..  * hg push
..
.. Expected exchange:
..
..  * `A◕⇠● B`

Setup
-----

  $ . $TESTDIR/testlib/exchange-obsmarker-util.sh

initial

  $ setuprepos A.6
  creating test repo for test case A.6
  - pulldest
  - main
  - pushdest
  cd into `main` and proceed with env setup
  $ cd main
  $ mkcommit A0
  $ hg update -q 0
  $ mkcommit A1
  created new head

make both changeset known in remote

  $ hg push -qf ../pushdest
  $ hg push -qf ../pulldest

create a marker after this

  $ hg debugobsolete `getid 'desc(A0)'` `getid 'desc(A1)'`
  1 new obsolescence markers
  obsoleted 1 changesets
  $ hg log -G --hidden
  @  e5ea8f9c7314 (draft): A1
  |
  | x  28b51eb45704 (draft): A0
  |/
  o  a9bdc8b26820 (public): O
  
  $ inspect_obsmarkers
  obsstore content
  ================
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  $ cd ..
  $ cd ..

  $ cp -R A.6 A.6.a
  $ cp -R A.6 A.6.b

Actual Test (explicit push version)
-----------------------------------

  $ dotest A.6.a A1
  ## Running testcase A.6.a
  # testing echange of "A1" (e5ea8f9c7314)
  ## initial state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  # obstore: pulldest
  ## pushing "A1" from main to pushdest
  pushing to pushdest
  searching for changes
  no changes found
  remote: 1 new obsolescence markers
  remote: obsoleted 1 changesets
  ## post push state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pulldest
  ## pulling "e5ea8f9c7314" from main into pulldest
  pulling from main
  no changes found
  1 new obsolescence markers
  obsoleted 1 changesets
  ## post pull state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pulldest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}

Actual Test (bare push version)
-------------------------------

  $ dotest A.6.b
  ## Running testcase A.6.b
  ## initial state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  # obstore: pulldest
  ## pushing from main to pushdest
  pushing to pushdest
  searching for changes
  no changes found
  remote: 1 new obsolescence markers
  remote: obsoleted 1 changesets
  ## post push state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pulldest
  ## pulling from main into pulldest
  pulling from main
  searching for changes
  no changes found
  1 new obsolescence markers
  obsoleted 1 changesets
  ## post pull state
  # obstore: main
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pushdest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}
  # obstore: pulldest
  28b51eb45704506b5c603decd6bf7ac5e0f6a52f e5ea8f9c73143125d36658e90ef70c6d2027a5b7 0 (Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000) {'user': 'test'}