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parse_range_arg

Parses the string in the 'range' arg into start and end sequence numbers and returns them in that order.

Returns undef if the string is malformed.

_parse_delimiter($delim)

Takes a delimiter string and parses into a sequence number. If it is not either an integer number or of the form LATEST~#, returns undef (invalid delimiter).