# HG changeset patch
# User Matt Mackall <mpm@selenic.com>
# Date 2010-08-05 21:17:17
# Node ID eb7b04657dae79f4b6b707022e3633faa97824da
# Parent  12998fd17fbc9a26ac144da32c66368b7c11dc0a

verify: reduce memory footprint when unpacking files

By never holding a reference to the unpacked string, we avoid holding two
consecutive large files in memory.

diff --git a/mercurial/verify.py b/mercurial/verify.py
--- a/mercurial/verify.py
+++ b/mercurial/verify.py
@@ -243,12 +243,12 @@ def _verify(repo):
 
             # verify contents
             try:
-                t = fl.read(n)
+                l = len(fl.read(n))
                 rp = fl.renamed(n)
-                if len(t) != fl.size(i):
+                if l != fl.size(i):
                     if len(fl.revision(n)) != fl.size(i):
                         err(lr, _("unpacked size is %s, %s expected") %
-                            (len(t), fl.size(i)), f)
+                            (l, fl.size(i)), f)
             except Exception, inst:
                 exc(lr, _("unpacking %s") % short(n), inst, f)