Request vetting a fix for my win32lfn extension

[Mads Kiilerich]

Aaron Cohen wrote, On 11/08/2012 12:11 AM:
> Since around Mercurial 2.3, my extension has been broken, by the 
> change to move pack_dirstate to C.
>
> I don't do a very good job of updating and testing new versions, so 
> recently a bug was filed against it which was the first time I know if 
> it. I've now "fixed" it, but I would appreciate some help determining 
> if my fix is correct.
>
> Basically, win32lfn replaces python's normal os.listdir with a call to 
> FindFilesIterator.

You should keep an eye on what is going on with the development of the 
vfs api in scmutil. That is in principle what you should be wrapping 
instead of monkey patching os. It might not be ready yet, but that just 
means that you still have a chance to influence it so it also is a nice 
fit for your use case ;-)

/Mads