mercurial/help/multirevs.txt

encoding: use range() instead of xrange()

Python 3 doesn't have xrange(). Instead, range() on Python 3
is a generator, like xrange() is on Python 2.

The benefits of xrange() over range() are when there are very
large ranges that are too expensive to pre-allocate. The code
here is only creating <128 values, so the benefits of xrange()
should be negligible.

With this patch, encoding.py imports safely on Python 3.

When Mercurial accepts more than one revision, they may be specified
individually, or provided as a topologically continuous range,
separated by the ":" character.

The syntax of range notation is [BEGIN]:[END], where BEGIN and END are
revision identifiers. Both BEGIN and END are optional. If BEGIN is not
specified, it defaults to revision number 0. If END is not specified,
it defaults to the tip. The range ":" thus means "all revisions".

If BEGIN is greater than END, revisions are treated in reverse order.

A range acts as a closed interval. This means that a range of 3:5
gives 3, 4 and 5. Similarly, a range of 9:6 gives 9, 8, 7, and 6.