Relevant thread here from August 2001.
Quote:
> >unless I give it other commands before that.
> >If you are not within the PvP range then the pet will say you aren't a
> >legal target.
> >
> >I use that to sort through potential attackers when I am exp'ing (as
> >doing /who every 5 seconds is second nature to me).
>
> VERY nice feature. Although you must begin to know the names of people
> as time goes by, and know to get ready when the usual suspects zone in.
Also, once a pet is agro'd on an in-range person in the zone, I can
/assist my pet and the person who the pet is agro on will be targetted.
Even though they are 10 minutes walk away. Good for if you know someone
is going to try to kill you soon, so you just stand there with pet
agro'd, hitting the first offense spell hotkey until they get in casting
range.
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https://groups.google.com/d/msg/alt....c/Dcv-8ICz5R8J
It seems there was a definitely short-ish range to /pet attack at that point, which supports your theory so far Sunderfury.
I imagine "PvP range" meant within range to cast/attack? Bolt spell range would be a reasonable radius imo. Just my interpretation.