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transaction: add a validation stage

The 'transaction' object can now be fed a 'validator' function. This function
will be run right before the transaction is closed to validate its content. The
target usage is hooks. The validation function is expected to raise an exception
when it wants to abort the transaction.

This only introduce the idea with a default no-op validator. Actual usage is in
the next changeset.

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.