pythoncapi
diff --git a/‎Lib/test/test_range.py‎
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diff --git a/‎Misc/NEWS‎
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diff --git a/‎Objects/rangeobject.c‎
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@@ -499,29 +499,32 @@ def test_range_iterator_invocation(self):
         import _testcapi
         rangeiter_type = type(iter(range(0)))
 
-        # rangeiter_new doesn't take keyword arguments
-        with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
-            rangeiter_type(a=1)
-
-        # rangeiter_new takes exactly 3 arguments
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1)
-        self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1, 1, 1)
-
-        # start, stop and stop must fit in C long
-        for good_val in [_testcapi.LONG_MAX, _testcapi.LONG_MIN]:
-            rangeiter_type(good_val, good_val, good_val)
-        for bad_val in [_testcapi.LONG_MAX + 1, _testcapi.LONG_MIN - 1]:
-            self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
-                              rangeiter_type, bad_val, 1, 1)
-            self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
-                              rangeiter_type, 1, bad_val, 1)
-            self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
-                              rangeiter_type, 1, 1, bad_val)
-
-        # step mustn't be zero
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1, 0)
+        self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning, rangeiter_type, 1, 3, 1)
+
+        with test.support.check_warnings(('', DeprecationWarning)):
+            # rangeiter_new doesn't take keyword arguments
+            with self.assertRaises(TypeError):
+                rangeiter_type(a=1)
+
+            # rangeiter_new takes exactly 3 arguments
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type)
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1)
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1)
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1, 1, 1)
+
+            # start, stop and stop must fit in C long
+            for good_val in [_testcapi.LONG_MAX, _testcapi.LONG_MIN]:
+                rangeiter_type(good_val, good_val, good_val)
+            for bad_val in [_testcapi.LONG_MAX + 1, _testcapi.LONG_MIN - 1]:
+                self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
+                                  rangeiter_type, bad_val, 1, 1)
+                self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
+                                  rangeiter_type, 1, bad_val, 1)
+                self.assertRaises(OverflowError,
+                                  rangeiter_type, 1, 1, bad_val)
+
+            # step mustn't be zero
+            self.assertRaises(ValueError, rangeiter_type, 1, 1, 0)
 
     def test_slice(self):
         def check(start, stop, step=None):
 
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ What's New in Python 3.6.0 beta 2
 Core and Builtins
 -----------------
 
+- Issue #28376: Creating instances of range_iterator by calling range_iterator
+  type now is deprecated.  Patch by Oren Milman.
+
 - Issue #28376: The constructor of range_iterator now checks that step is not 0.
   Patch by Oren Milman.
 
 
@@ -930,6 +930,13 @@ rangeiter_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 {
     long start, stop, step;
 
+    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
+                     "range_iterator(): creating instances of range_iterator "
+                     "by calling range_iterator type is deprecated",
+                     1)) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
     if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("range_iterator()", kw)) {
         return NULL;
     }
Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -930,6 +930,13 @@ rangeiter_new(PyTypeObject type, PyObject args, PyObject *kw)`
`930`	`930`	`{`
`931`	`931`	`long start, stop, step;`
`932`	`932`
	`933`	`+ if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,`
	`934`	`+ "range_iterator(): creating instances of range_iterator "`
	`935`	`+ "by calling range_iterator type is deprecated",`
	`936`	`+ 1)) {`
	`937`	`+ return NULL;`
	`938`	`+ }`
	`939`	`+`
`933`	`940`	`if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("range_iterator()", kw)) {`
`934`	`941`	`return NULL;`
`935`	`942`	`}`