diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
index 2f1d9f06a7b..2c82da669bf 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/ExpressionCodegen.java
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import com.intellij.psi.search.ProjectScope;
 import com.intellij.psi.tree.IElementType;
 import com.intellij.psi.util.PsiTreeUtil;
 import gnu.trove.THashSet;
-import jet.IntRange;
 import jet.Range;
 import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
 import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.intrinsics.IntrinsicMethod;
@@ -41,14 +40,12 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
     private static final String CLASS_ITERATOR = "java/util/Iterator";
 
     private static final String CLASS_RANGE = "jet/Range";
-    private static final String CLASS_INT_RANGE = "jet/IntRange";
     private static final String CLASS_NO_PATTERN_MATCHED_EXCEPTION = "jet/NoPatternMatchedException";
     private static final String CLASS_TYPE_CAST_EXCEPTION = "jet/TypeCastException";
 
     private static final String ITERABLE_ITERATOR_DESCRIPTOR = "()Ljava/util/Iterator;";
     private static final String ITERATOR_HASNEXT_DESCRIPTOR = "()Z";
     private static final String ITERATOR_NEXT_DESCRIPTOR = "()Ljava/lang/Object;";
-    private static final String INT_RANGE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESCRIPTOR = "(II)V";
 
     private static final Type OBJECT_TYPE = Type.getType(Object.class);
     private static final Type INTEGER_TYPE = Type.getType(Integer.class);
@@ -57,7 +54,6 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
     private static final Type STRING_TYPE = Type.getObjectType(CLASS_STRING);
 
     private static final Type RANGE_TYPE = Type.getType(Range.class);
-    private static final Type INT_RANGE_TYPE = Type.getType(IntRange.class);
 
     private final Stack<Label> myContinueTargets = new Stack<Label>();
     private final Stack<Label> myBreakTargets = new Stack<Label>();
@@ -1003,7 +999,7 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
         }
     }
 
-    private Type expressionType(JetExpression expr) {
+    public Type expressionType(JetExpression expr) {
         return typeMapper.mapType(bindingContext.getExpressionType(expr));
     }
 
@@ -1092,9 +1088,6 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
         else if (opToken == JetTokens.ELVIS) {
             generateElvis(expression);
         }
-        else if (opToken == JetTokens.RANGE) {
-            generateRange(expression);
-        }
         else {
             DeclarationDescriptor op = bindingContext.resolveReferenceExpression(expression.getOperationReference());
             if (op instanceof FunctionDescriptor) {
@@ -1212,21 +1205,6 @@ public class ExpressionCodegen extends JetVisitor {
         myStack.push(StackValue.onStack(exprType));
     }
 
-    private void generateRange(JetBinaryExpression expression) {
-        final Type leftType = expressionType(expression.getLeft());
-        if (JetTypeMapper.isIntPrimitive(leftType)) {
-            v.anew(INT_RANGE_TYPE);
-            v.dup();
-            gen(expression.getLeft(), Type.INT_TYPE);
-            gen(expression.getRight(), Type.INT_TYPE);
-            v.invokespecial(CLASS_INT_RANGE, "<init>", INT_RANGE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESCRIPTOR);
-            myStack.push(StackValue.onStack(INT_RANGE_TYPE));
-        }
-        else {
-            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ranges are only supported for int objects");
-        }
-    }
-
     private static boolean isNumberPrimitive(DeclarationDescriptor descriptor) {
         if (!(descriptor instanceof ClassDescriptor)) {
             return false;
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JetTypeMapper.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JetTypeMapper.java
index 777ef0f8080..b4a6ae3812b 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JetTypeMapper.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/JetTypeMapper.java
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public class JetTypeMapper {
         return qName.replace(".", "/");
     }
 
-    static boolean isIntPrimitive(Type type) {
+    public static boolean isIntPrimitive(Type type) {
         return type == Type.INT_TYPE || type == Type.SHORT_TYPE || type == Type.BYTE_TYPE || type == Type.CHAR_TYPE;
     }
 
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
index deadc152989..b3285004a4f 100644
--- a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/IntrinsicMethods.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ public class IntrinsicMethods {
     private static final IntrinsicMethod INV = new Inv();
     private static final IntrinsicMethod TYPEINFO = new TypeInfo();
     private static final IntrinsicMethod VALUE_TYPEINFO = new ValueTypeInfo();
+    private static final IntrinsicMethod RANGE_TO = new RangeTo();
 
     private static final List<String> PRIMITIVE_NUMBER_TYPES = ImmutableList.of("Boolean", "Byte", "Char", "Short", "Int", "Float", "Long", "Double");
 
@@ -40,9 +41,10 @@ public class IntrinsicMethods {
         }
         declareIntrinsicProperty("Array", "size", new ArraySize());
 
-        for (String primitiveNumberType : PRIMITIVE_NUMBER_TYPES) {
-            declareIntrinsicFunction(primitiveNumberType, "minus", 0, UNARY_MINUS);
-            declareIntrinsicFunction(primitiveNumberType, "inv", 0, INV);
+        for (String type : PRIMITIVE_NUMBER_TYPES) {
+            declareIntrinsicFunction(type, "minus", 0, UNARY_MINUS);
+            declareIntrinsicFunction(type, "inv", 0, INV);
+            declareIntrinsicFunction(type, "rangeTo", 1, RANGE_TO);
         }
 
         final FunctionGroup typeInfoFunctionGroup = stdlib.getTypeInfoFunctionGroup();
diff --git a/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/RangeTo.java b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/RangeTo.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bc95012cea9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/idea/src/org/jetbrains/jet/codegen/intrinsics/RangeTo.java
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+package org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.intrinsics;
+
+import com.intellij.psi.PsiElement;
+import jet.IntRange;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.ExpressionCodegen;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.JetTypeMapper;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.codegen.StackValue;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetBinaryExpression;
+import org.jetbrains.jet.lang.psi.JetExpression;
+import org.objectweb.asm.Type;
+import org.objectweb.asm.commons.InstructionAdapter;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * @author yole
+ */
+public class RangeTo implements IntrinsicMethod {
+    private static final String INT_RANGE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESCRIPTOR = "(II)V";
+    private static final Type INT_RANGE_TYPE = Type.getType(IntRange.class);
+    private static final String CLASS_INT_RANGE = "jet/IntRange";
+
+    @Override
+    public StackValue generate(ExpressionCodegen codegen, InstructionAdapter v, Type expectedType, PsiElement element, List<JetExpression> arguments, boolean haveReceiver) {
+        JetBinaryExpression expression = (JetBinaryExpression) element;
+        final Type leftType = codegen.expressionType(expression.getLeft());
+        if (JetTypeMapper.isIntPrimitive(leftType)) {
+            v.anew(INT_RANGE_TYPE);
+            v.dup();
+            codegen.gen(expression.getLeft(), Type.INT_TYPE);
+            codegen.gen(expression.getRight(), Type.INT_TYPE);
+            v.invokespecial(CLASS_INT_RANGE, "<init>", INT_RANGE_CONSTRUCTOR_DESCRIPTOR);
+            return StackValue.onStack(INT_RANGE_TYPE);
+        }
+        else {
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("ranges are only supported for int objects");
+        }
+    }
+}