If you don't like it, then a quick fix (for 0.9.3):
Line 768 in C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\mercurial\util.py:
Replace it with:
Line 768 in C:\Python24\Lib\site-packages\mercurial\util.py:
def localpath(path):
return path.replace('/', '\\')
Replace it with:
def localpath(path):
return path