Index: Lib/test/test_range.py
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--- Lib/test/test_range.py	(revision 62635)
+++ Lib/test/test_range.py	(working copy)
@@ -51,16 +51,25 @@
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, range, 0, "spam")
         self.assertRaises(TypeError, range, 0, 42, "spam")
 
-        self.assertEqual(len(range(0, sys.maxsize, sys.maxsize-1)), 2)
-
-        r = range(-sys.maxsize, sys.maxsize, 2)
-        self.assertEqual(len(r), sys.maxsize)
-
     def test_repr(self):
         self.assertEqual(repr(range(1)), 'range(0, 1)')
         self.assertEqual(repr(range(1, 2)), 'range(1, 2)')
         self.assertEqual(repr(range(1, 2, 3)), 'range(1, 2, 3)')
 
+    def test_attributes(self):
+        r = range(0, 10, 2)
+        self.assertEqual(r.start, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.stop, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(r.step, 2)
+        r = range(10)
+        self.assertEqual(r.start, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.stop, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(r.step, 1)
+        r = range(10, 0, 4)
+        self.assertEqual(r.start, 10)
+        self.assertEqual(r.stop, 0)
+        self.assertEqual(r.step, 4)
+
 def test_main():
     test.test_support.run_unittest(RangeTest)