String representation of xrange return keyword with value.

foo = xrange(5)
print foo
>>> xrange(5)
foo.__str__() 
>>> xrange(5)

I think, that expected result should be somethink like this:
>>> <xrange object at 0x00AFB970>

For types where it's possible, the str or repr returns a string that can
be passed to eval:

>>> for i in eval(str(xrange(5))):
...   print i
... 
0
1
2
3
4

xrange (and list, and tuple, and others) fall into this category.

Thanks for clarification. I compared it with iter([0,1,2,3,4]).__str__()
which behaviour seems to me closer then list or tuple.

I concur with Eric.  The eval(repr(obj)) should be made to work when
possible.  We do this with itertools.count() and other places where it
makes sense.