diff -r 1043cc2cb0ff Lib/test/test_re.py
--- a/Lib/test/test_re.py	Sat Sep 07 15:24:01 2013 +0300
+++ b/Lib/test/test_re.py	Fri Sep 13 19:52:26 2013 +0300
@@ -1050,6 +1050,20 @@
                 self.assertEqual(re.compile(pattern, re.S).findall(b'xyz'),
                                  [b'xyz'], msg=pattern)
 
+    def test_match_repr(self):
+        match1 = re.search("test", "testrepr")
+        match2 = re.search("testrepr", "testtestreprtest")
+        match3 = re.search("a" * (sre_constants.SRE_MATCH_REPR_SIZE + 1), 
+                           "a" * (sre_constants.SRE_MATCH_REPR_SIZE + 2))
+
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match1), 
+                         '<SRE Match object: groups=1, span=(0 4), group0=test>')
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match2), 
+                         '<SRE Match object: groups=1, span=(4 12), group0=testrepr>')
+        self.assertEqual(repr(match3), 
+                         '<SRE Match object: groups=1, span=(0 51), group0=aaaaaaaaaaa'
+                         'aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa...>')                               
+        
 
     def test_bug_2537(self):
         # issue 2537: empty submatches
diff -r 1043cc2cb0ff Modules/_sre.c
--- a/Modules/_sre.c	Sat Sep 07 15:24:01 2013 +0300
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c	Fri Sep 13 19:52:26 2013 +0300
@@ -3628,6 +3628,31 @@
         return match_regs(self);
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+match_repr(MatchObject *self)
+{    
+    int start = self->mark[0];
+    int end = self->mark[1];
+    PyObject* seq;
+    PyObject* defrepr;
+
+    if ((end - start) > SRE_MATCH_REPR_SIZE) {
+        seq = PySequence_GetSlice(
+                  self->string, start, SRE_MATCH_REPR_SIZE);
+        defrepr = PyUnicode_FromString("...");
+        seq = PySequence_Concat(seq, defrepr);
+    } else
+        seq = PySequence_GetSlice(
+                  self->string, start, end);
+    
+    return PyUnicode_FromFormat("<SRE Match object: groups=%d, span=(%d %d), group0=%U>",
+                                self->groups,
+                                start,
+                                end,
+                                seq);
+}
+
+
 static PyGetSetDef match_getset[] = {
     {"lastindex", (getter)match_lastindex_get, (setter)NULL},
     {"lastgroup", (getter)match_lastgroup_get, (setter)NULL},
@@ -3656,7 +3681,7 @@
     0,                          /* tp_getattr */
     0,                          /* tp_setattr */
     0,                          /* tp_reserved */
-    0,                          /* tp_repr */
+    (reprfunc)match_repr,       /* tp_repr */
     0,                          /* tp_as_number */
     0,                          /* tp_as_sequence */
     0,                          /* tp_as_mapping */
@@ -3957,3 +3982,4 @@
 
 /* vim:ts=4:sw=4:et
 */
+
diff -r 1043cc2cb0ff Modules/sre_constants.h
--- a/Modules/sre_constants.h	Sat Sep 07 15:24:01 2013 +0300
+++ b/Modules/sre_constants.h	Fri Sep 13 19:52:26 2013 +0300
@@ -84,3 +84,4 @@
 #define SRE_INFO_PREFIX 1
 #define SRE_INFO_LITERAL 2
 #define SRE_INFO_CHARSET 4
+#define SRE_MATCH_REPR_SIZE 50
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