[PATCH stable] util: simplify queue management in chunkbuffer

[Bryan O'Sullivan]

# HG changeset patch
# User Bryan O'Sullivan <bryano at fb.com>
# Date 1338940340 25200
# Node ID 9d67cb67adcc2a160a639b9c27d068cb1efd377b
# Parent  92cfde8728ac890f9c47d1f54cce456a30ccca98
util: simplify queue management in chunkbuffer

This also fixes a small wire protocol performance regression.

diff --git a/mercurial/util.py b/mercurial/util.py
--- a/mercurial/util.py
+++ b/mercurial/util.py
@@ -870,14 +870,14 @@
                 else:
                     yield chunk
         self.iter = splitbig(in_iter)
-        self._queue = []
+        self._queue = deque()
 
     def read(self, l):
         """Read L bytes of data from the iterator of chunks of data.
         Returns less than L bytes if the iterator runs dry."""
         left = l
         buf = ''
-        queue = deque(self._queue)
+        queue = self._queue
         while left > 0:
             # refill the queue
             if not queue:
@@ -897,7 +897,6 @@
                 buf += chunk[:left]
             else:
                 buf += chunk
-        self._queue = list(queue)
 
         return buf