[PATCH 8 of 9] util.py: Use fakebuffer as buffer in py3k

[Renato Cunha]

 mercurial/util.py |  3 +++
 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


# HG changeset patch
# User Renato Cunha <renatoc at gmail.com>
# Date 1278023223 10800
# Node ID 1181d758256e0fc2f8033479a98ea39001e2582a
# Parent  72e426c43985a901c5f3f3f14d55069fbac8106a
util.py: Use fakebuffer as buffer in py3k.

There's no buffer type in py3k, util.py has a function, called fakebuffer,
that implements a similar API. This patch adds fakebuffer as a buffer in
builtins to permit backwards-compatibility.

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
     return sliceable[offset:]
 if not hasattr(__builtin__, 'buffer'):
     __builtin__.buffer = fakebuffer
+if sys.version_info[0] == 3: # XXX: Would be better if we wrapped memoryview
+    import builtins
+    builtins.buffer = fakebuffer
 
 import subprocess
 closefds = os.name == 'posix'