diff -r 908c76e84ec5 -r e75b1a3c1dbc mercurial/obsolete.py
--- a/mercurial/obsolete.py	Wed Aug 13 23:42:36 2014 -0700
+++ b/mercurial/obsolete.py	Tue Aug 12 01:49:38 2014 -0700
@@ -238,6 +238,8 @@
     - successors[x] -> set(markers on successors edges of x)
     """
 
+    fields = ('prec', 'succs', 'flag', 'meta')
+
     def __init__(self, sopener):
         # caches for various obsolescence related cache
         self.caches = {}