Index: Objects/rangeobject.c
===================================================================
--- Objects/rangeobject.c	(revision 62506)
+++ Objects/rangeobject.c	(working copy)
@@ -252,6 +252,80 @@
                                     r->start, r->stop, r->step);
 }
 
+static long
+range_hash(rangeobject *v)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t len, start, step;
+    
+    len = range_length(v);
+    if (len == -1)
+        return -1;
+    start = PyObject_Hash(v->start);
+    if (start == -1)
+        return -1;
+    step = PyObject_Hash(v->step);
+    if (step == -1)
+        return -1;
+    
+    return (long)(start*1000003L+len)*1630457L+step;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
+range_richcompare(rangeobject *v, rangeobject *w, int op)
+{
+    int is_equal, lengths_equal = 0;
+    PyObject *v_len, *w_len;
+    
+    if (!PyRange_Check(v) || !PyRange_Check(w) ||
+        (op != Py_EQ && op != Py_NE)) {
+        Py_INCREF(Py_NotImplemented);
+        return Py_NotImplemented;
+    }
+    
+    is_equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v->start, w->start, Py_EQ);
+    if (is_equal == -1)
+        return NULL;
+    if (!is_equal)
+        goto find_result;
+    
+    is_equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v->stop, w->stop, Py_EQ);
+    if (is_equal == -1)
+        return NULL;
+    if (!is_equal) {
+        /* account for ones like range(5, 10, 2) and range(5, 9, 2) */
+        v_len = range_length_obj(v);
+        if (v_len == NULL)
+            return NULL;
+        w_len = range_length_obj(w);
+        if (w_len == NULL) {
+            Py_DECREF(v_len);
+            return NULL;
+        }
+        
+        lengths_equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v_len, w_len, Py_EQ);
+        if (lengths_equal == -1)
+            return NULL;
+        Py_DECREF(v_len);
+        Py_DECREF(w_len);
+        if (lengths_equal)
+            is_equal = 1;
+        else
+            goto find_result;
+    }
+    
+    is_equal = PyObject_RichCompareBool(v->step, w->step, Py_EQ);
+    if (is_equal == -1)
+        return NULL;
+
+find_result:
+    if ((is_equal && op == Py_EQ) || (!is_equal && op == Py_NE)) {
+        Py_RETURN_TRUE;
+    }
+    else {
+        Py_RETURN_FALSE;
+    }
+}
+
 static PySequenceMethods range_as_sequence = {
     (lenfunc)range_length,	/* sq_length */
     0,			/* sq_concat */
@@ -274,43 +348,43 @@
 
 PyTypeObject PyRange_Type = {
 	PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
-	"range",		/* Name of this type */
-	sizeof(rangeobject),	/* Basic object size */
-	0,			/* Item size for varobject */
-	(destructor)range_dealloc, /* tp_dealloc */
-	0,			/* tp_print */
-	0,			/* tp_getattr */
-	0,			/* tp_setattr */
-	0,			/* tp_compare */
-	(reprfunc)range_repr,	/* tp_repr */
-	0,			/* tp_as_number */
-	&range_as_sequence,	/* tp_as_sequence */
-	0,			/* tp_as_mapping */
-	0,			/* tp_hash */
-	0,			/* tp_call */
-	0,			/* tp_str */
-	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,  /* tp_getattro */
-	0,			/* tp_setattro */
-	0,			/* tp_as_buffer */
-	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,	/* tp_flags */
-	range_doc,		/* tp_doc */
-	0,			/* tp_traverse */
-	0,			/* tp_clear */
-	0,			/* tp_richcompare */
-	0,			/* tp_weaklistoffset */
-	range_iter,		/* tp_iter */
-	0,			/* tp_iternext */
-	range_methods,		/* tp_methods */
-	0,			/* tp_members */
-	0,			/* tp_getset */
-	0,			/* tp_base */
-	0,			/* tp_dict */
-	0,			/* tp_descr_get */
-	0,			/* tp_descr_set */
-	0,			/* tp_dictoffset */
-	0,			/* tp_init */
-	0,			/* tp_alloc */
-	range_new,		/* tp_new */
+	"range",			/* Name of this type */
+	sizeof(rangeobject),		/* Basic object size */
+	0,				/* Item size for varobject */
+	(destructor)range_dealloc,	/* tp_dealloc */
+	0,				/* tp_print */
+	0,				/* tp_getattr */
+	0,				/* tp_setattr */
+	0,				/* tp_compare */
+	(reprfunc)range_repr,		/* tp_repr */
+	0,				/* tp_as_number */
+	&range_as_sequence,		/* tp_as_sequence */
+	0,				/* tp_as_mapping */
+	(hashfunc)range_hash,		/* tp_hash */
+	0,				/* tp_call */
+	0,				/* tp_str */
+	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,	/* tp_getattro */
+	0,				/* tp_setattro */
+	0,				/* tp_as_buffer */
+	Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,		/* tp_flags */
+	range_doc,			/* tp_doc */
+	0,				/* tp_traverse */
+	0,				/* tp_clear */
+	(richcmpfunc)range_richcompare, /* tp_richcompare */
+	0,				/* tp_weaklistoffset */
+	range_iter,			/* tp_iter */
+	0,				/* tp_iternext */
+	range_methods,			/* tp_methods */
+	0,				/* tp_members */
+	0,				/* tp_getset */
+	0,				/* tp_base */
+	0,				/* tp_dict */
+	0,				/* tp_descr_get */
+	0,				/* tp_descr_set */
+	0,				/* tp_dictoffset */
+	0,				/* tp_init */
+	0,				/* tp_alloc */
+	range_new,			/* tp_new */
 };
 
 /*********************** range Iterator **************************/
Index: Lib/test/test_builtin.py
===================================================================
--- Lib/test/test_builtin.py	(revision 62506)
+++ Lib/test/test_builtin.py	(working copy)
@@ -1595,6 +1595,22 @@
 
         self.assertRaises(OverflowError, len, range(0, sys.maxsize**10))
 
+        self.assertEquals(range(1234), range(1234))
+        self.assertEquals(range(4, 3, 2), range(4, 3, 2))
+        self.assertEquals(range(2222, 3333), range(2222, 3333))
+        self.assertNotEquals(range(1, 15, 3), range(1, 20, 3))
+        # The sequence of numbers can be the same
+        self.assertEquals(range(0, 9, 2), range(0, 10, 2))
+
+        self.assertEquals(hash(range(1234)), hash(range(1234)))
+        self.assertEquals(hash(range(1, 20, 3)), hash(range(1, 20, 3)))
+        self.assertNotEquals(hash(range(5, 10)), hash(range(6, 10)))
+        self.assertNotEquals(hash(range(0, 10, 2)), hash(range(0, 11, 2)))
+        self.assertNotEquals(hash(range(1)), hash(range(1, 2, 3)))
+        self.assertEquals(hash(range(0, 9, 2)), hash(range(0, 10, 2)))
+        # Can't hash huge ranges
+        self.assertRaises(OverflowError, hash, range(2**100))
+
     def test_input(self):
         self.write_testfile()
         fp = open(TESTFN, 'r')