dirstate: speed up read and write read: - single call to len(st) - fewer assignments for position tracking - don't split apart tuple from unpack - use a literal for the unpack spec write: - localize variables and functions - avoid copied function call - use % for string concatenation

To run the tests, do:

cd tests/
python run-tests.py

See http://www.selenic.com/mercurial/wiki/index.cgi/WritingTests for
more information on writing tests.