requires: re-use vfs.tryread for simplicity
Avoids calling `set` twice or having to re-raise an exception and implements the routine with a single return expression.
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mercurial/cext/manifest.c
mercurial/cext/osutil.c
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contrib/python-zstandard/**.c
contrib/python-zstandard/**.h
hgext/fsmonitor/pywatchman/**.c
mercurial/thirdparty/**.c
mercurial/thirdparty/**.h
mercurial/pythoncapi_compat.h