diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
index c31b68c..fbe2fd7 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap.hpp
@@ -447,6 +447,8 @@ namespace chaiscript
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_ref), "is_var_reference");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_pointer), "is_var_pointer");
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::is_type), "is_type");
+        m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::get_attr), "get_var_attr");
+        m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::copy_attrs), "copy_var_attrs");
 
         m->add(fun(&Boxed_Value::get_type_info), "get_type_info");
         m->add(user_type<Type_Info>(), "Type_Info");
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
index 0811faa..6797e5d 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/bootstrap_stl.hpp
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
             copy_constructor<Bidir_Type>(type + "_Range", m);
 
-            m->add(constructor<Bidir_Type (typename Bidir_Type::container_type &)>(), "range");
+            m->add(constructor<Bidir_Type (typename Bidir_Type::container_type &)>(), "range_internal");
 
             m->add(fun(&Bidir_Type::empty), "empty");
             m->add(fun(&Bidir_Type::pop_front), "pop_front");
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_cast_helper.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_cast_helper.hpp
index 39a6948..a9c3c84 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_cast_helper.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_cast_helper.hpp
@@ -205,10 +205,25 @@ namespace chaiscript
 
         static Result_Type cast(const Boxed_Value &ob, const Dynamic_Cast_Conversions *)
         {
-          return ob;    
+          return ob;
         }
       };
 
+    /**
+     * Cast_Helper_Inner for casting to a Boxed_Value & type
+     */
+    template<>
+      struct Cast_Helper_Inner<Boxed_Value &>
+      {
+        typedef Boxed_Value& Result_Type;
+
+        static Result_Type cast(const Boxed_Value &ob, const Dynamic_Cast_Conversions *)
+        {
+          return const_cast<Boxed_Value &>(ob);
+        }
+      };
+
+
     /**
      * Cast_Helper_Inner for casting to a const Boxed_Value & type
      */
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
index 006815b..8b5f8fe 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/dispatchkit/boxed_value.hpp
@@ -51,9 +51,16 @@ namespace chaiscript
           m_data_ptr = rhs.m_data_ptr;
           m_const_data_ptr = rhs.m_const_data_ptr;
 
+          if (rhs.m_attrs)
+          {
+            m_attrs = std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>>(new std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>(*rhs.m_attrs));
+          }
+
           return *this;
         }
 
+        Data(const Data &) = delete;
+
         ~Data()
         {
         }
@@ -63,6 +70,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         void *m_data_ptr;
         const void *m_const_data_ptr;
         bool m_is_ref;
+        std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>> m_attrs;
       };
 
       struct Object_Data
@@ -231,6 +239,25 @@ namespace chaiscript
         return m_data->m_const_data_ptr;
       }
 
+      Boxed_Value get_attr(const std::string &t_name)
+      {
+        if (!m_data->m_attrs)
+        {
+          m_data->m_attrs = std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>>(new std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>());
+        }
+
+        return (*m_data->m_attrs)[t_name];
+      }
+
+      void copy_attrs(const Boxed_Value &t_obj)
+      {
+        if (t_obj.m_data->m_attrs)
+        {
+          m_data->m_attrs = std::unique_ptr<std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>>(new std::map<std::string, Boxed_Value>(*t_obj.m_data->m_attrs));
+        }
+      }
+
+
       /// \returns true if the two Boxed_Values share the same internal type
       static bool type_match(Boxed_Value l, Boxed_Value r)
       {
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_prelude.chai b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_prelude.chai
index 7af9a61..5d8dce3 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_prelude.chai
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_prelude.chai
@@ -41,8 +41,10 @@ def new(x) {
 } 
 
 def clone(x) : function_exists(type_name(x)) && call_exists(eval(type_name(x)), x)  
-{ 
-  eval(type_name(x))(x); 
+{
+  var c := eval(type_name(x))(x);
+  c.copy_var_attrs(x);
+  return c;
 }
 
 
@@ -147,10 +149,16 @@ def reverse(container) {
 
 # Return a range from a range 
 def range(r) : call_exists(empty, r) && call_exists(pop_front, r) && call_exists(pop_back, r) && call_exists(back, r) && call_exists(front, r) 
-{ 
-  return clone(r); 
+{
+  clone(r);
 }
 
+def range(r) : call_exists(range_internal, r)
+{
+  var ri := range_internal(r);
+  ri.get_var_attr("internal_obj") := r;
+  return ri;
+}
 
 # The retro attribute that contains the underlying range 
 attr retro::m_range; 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ce1afcb..a3735f8 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -17,15 +17,15 @@
 #else
 
 char *mystrdup (const char *s) {
-  size_t len = strlen(s) + 1; // Space for length plus nul
-  char *d = static_cast<char*>(malloc (len));   
+  size_t len = strlen(s); // Space for length plus nul
+  char *d = static_cast<char*>(malloc (len+1));   
   if (d == nullptr) return nullptr;          // No memory
 #ifdef CHAISCRIPT_MSVC
   strcpy_s(d, len, s);                        // Copy the characters
 #else
   strncpy(d,s,len);                        // Copy the characters
-  d[len] = '\0';
 #endif
+  d[len] = '\0';
   return d;                            // Return the new string
 }