Index: Objects/rangeobject.c
===================================================================
--- Objects/rangeobject.c	(revision 62285)
+++ Objects/rangeobject.c	(working copy)
@@ -233,6 +233,97 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+range_str(rangeobject *r)
+{
+    /* construct a string rep of range like <start, start+step, start+2*step ... stop-step> */
+
+    PyObject *result, *append, *repr;
+    result = NULL;
+    append = NULL,
+    repr = NULL;
+    
+    PyObject *rangeitem[7] = {NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL};
+    int i;
+    Py_ssize_t ilen = range_length(r);
+    if (ilen < 0)
+        goto Fail;
+        
+    if (ilen < 7) {
+        result = PyUnicode_FromString("<");
+        if (!result)
+            goto Fail;
+        for(i=0; i<ilen; i++) {
+            rangeitem[i] = range_item(r, i);
+            repr = PyObject_Repr(rangeitem[i]);
+            if (!repr)
+                goto Fail;
+            append = PyUnicode_Concat(result, repr);
+            if (!append) 
+                goto Fail;
+            Py_DECREF(repr);
+            Py_DECREF(result);
+            result = append;
+            if (i+1 < ilen) {
+                repr = PyUnicode_FromString(", ");
+                if (!repr)
+                    goto Fail;
+                append = PyUnicode_Concat(result, repr);
+                if (!append)
+                    goto Fail;
+                Py_DECREF(result);
+                Py_DECREF(repr);
+                result = append;
+            }
+        }
+        repr = PyUnicode_FromString(">");
+        if (!repr)
+            goto Fail;
+        append = PyUnicode_Concat(result, repr);
+        if (!append)
+            goto Fail;
+        Py_DECREF(result);
+        Py_DECREF(repr);
+        result = append;
+    }
+    else
+    {   
+        if ((rangeitem[0] = range_item(r, 0)) == NULL)
+            goto Fail;
+        if ((rangeitem[1] = range_item(r, 1)) == NULL)
+            goto Fail;
+        if ((rangeitem[2] = range_item(r, 2)) == NULL)
+            goto Fail;
+        if ((rangeitem[3] = range_item(r, ilen-2)) == NULL)
+            goto Fail;
+        if ((rangeitem[4] = range_item(r, ilen-1)) == NULL)
+            goto Fail;
+        ilen = 5;
+        result = PyUnicode_FromFormat("<%R, %R, %R, ..., %R, %R>",
+            rangeitem[0],
+            rangeitem[1],
+            rangeitem[2],
+            rangeitem[3],
+            rangeitem[4]);
+        if (!result)
+            goto Fail;
+    }
+    
+    for(i=0; i<ilen; i++)
+        Py_DECREF(rangeitem[i]);
+
+    return result;
+    
+    Fail:
+        printf("Failed");
+        for(i=0; i<ilen; i++)
+            Py_XDECREF(rangeitem[i]);
+        Py_XDECREF(append);
+        Py_XDECREF(repr);
+        Py_XDECREF(result);
+        return NULL;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 range_repr(rangeobject *r)
 {
     Py_ssize_t istep;
@@ -288,7 +379,7 @@
 	0,			/* tp_as_mapping */
 	0,			/* tp_hash */
 	0,			/* tp_call */
-	0,			/* tp_str */
+	(reprfunc)range_str,	/* tp_str */
 	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,  /* tp_getattro */
 	0,			/* tp_setattro */
 	0,			/* tp_as_buffer */