[1.6.x] Updated advice on six.moves.range/xrange; refs #23812.

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@ -359,7 +359,10 @@ The ``long`` type no longer exists in Python 3. ``1L`` is a syntax error. Use
``xrange``
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Import ``six.moves.xrange`` wherever you use ``xrange``.
If you use ``xrange`` on Python 2, import ``six.moves.range`` and use that
instead. You can also import ``six.moves.xrange`` (it's equivalent to
``six.moves.range``) but the first technique allows you to simply drop the
import when dropping support for Python 2.
Moved modules
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