=== modified file 'Objects/rangeobject.c'
--- Objects/rangeobject.c	2008-02-09 04:13:49 +0000
+++ Objects/rangeobject.c	2008-04-10 20:04:34 +0000
@@ -233,6 +233,72 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+range_str(rangeobject *r)
+{
+    /* construct a string rep of range like <start, start+step, start+2*step ... stop-step> */
+
+    PyObject *tmp, *len, *result, *iter, *one, *zero, *two, *off;
+    
+    tmp = PyNumber_Subtract(r->stop, r->start);
+    len = PyNumber_FloorDivide(tmp, r->step);
+    one = PyLong_FromLong(1);
+    two = PyLong_FromLong(2);
+    zero = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+    off = PyLong_FromLong(1);
+
+    if ( PyObject_Compare(len,PyLong_FromLong(7)) < 0 ) {
+        result = PyUnicode_FromString("< ");
+        iter = PyNumber_Add(r->start,zero);
+        while( PyObject_Compare(iter,r->stop) < 0 ) {
+            result = PyUnicode_Concat(result,PyUnicode_FromFormat("%R",iter));
+            iter = PyNumber_Add(iter,r->step);
+            if(PyObject_Compare(iter,r->stop) < 0)
+                result = PyUnicode_Concat(result,PyUnicode_FromString(", "));
+        }
+        result = PyUnicode_Concat(result,PyUnicode_FromString(" >"));
+        return result;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        if (PyObject_Compare(r->step,zero) > 0) {
+            if (PyObject_Compare(PyNumber_Add(r->start,
+                                     PyNumber_Multiply(len,r->step)),
+                                 r->stop) < 0 )
+                off = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+        }
+        else {
+            if (PyObject_Compare(PyNumber_Add(r->start,
+                                     PyNumber_Multiply(len,r->step)),
+                                 r->stop) > 0 )
+                off = PyLong_FromLong(0);
+        }
+        result = PyUnicode_FromFormat("< %R, %R, %R, ..., %R, %R >",
+            r->start,
+            PyNumber_Add(r->start,r->step),
+            PyNumber_Add(r->start,PyNumber_Multiply(
+                                      PyLong_FromLong(2),
+                                      r->step)),
+            PyNumber_Add(r->start,PyNumber_Multiply(
+                                      PyNumber_Subtract(
+                                          PyNumber_Subtract(len,one),
+                                          off),
+                                      r->step)),
+            PyNumber_Add(r->start,PyNumber_Multiply(
+                                      PyNumber_Subtract(len,off),
+                                      r->step)) );
+    }
+    
+    Py_DECREF(tmp);    
+    Py_DECREF(len);
+    Py_DECREF(one);
+    Py_DECREF(two);
+    Py_DECREF(zero);
+    Py_DECREF(off);
+        
+    return result;
+}
+
+static PyObject *
 range_repr(rangeobject *r)
 {
     Py_ssize_t istep;
@@ -288,7 +354,7 @@
 	0,			/* tp_as_mapping */
 	0,			/* tp_hash */
 	0,			/* tp_call */
-	0,			/* tp_str */
+	range_str,	/* tp_str */
 	PyObject_GenericGetAttr,  /* tp_getattro */
 	0,			/* tp_setattro */
 	0,			/* tp_as_buffer */