diff --git a/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp b/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
index 78c725ec..d5714e8d 100644
--- a/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
+++ b/include/internal/catch_tostring.hpp
@@ -99,18 +99,15 @@ struct StringMaker<T*> {
     }
 };
 
-template<typename T>
-struct StringMaker<std::vector<T> > {
-    static std::string convert( std::vector<T> const& v ) {
-        std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss << "{ ";
-        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++ i ) {
-            oss << toString( v[i] );
-            if( i < v.size() - 1 )
-                oss << ", ";
-        }
-        oss << " }";
-        return oss.str();
+namespace Detail {
+    template<typename InputIterator>
+    std::string rangeToString( InputIterator first, InputIterator last );
+}
+
+template<typename T, typename Allocator>
+struct StringMaker<std::vector<T, Allocator> > {
+    static std::string convert( std::vector<T,Allocator> const& v ) {
+        return Detail::rangeToString( v.begin(), v.end() );
     }
 };
 
@@ -230,6 +227,22 @@ inline std::string toString( std::nullptr_t ) {
     }
 #endif
 
+    namespace Detail {
+    template<typename InputIterator>
+    std::string rangeToString( InputIterator first, InputIterator last ) {
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        oss << "{ ";
+        if( first != last ) {
+            oss << toString( *first );
+            for( ++first ; first != last ; ++first ) {
+                oss << ", " << toString( *first );
+            }
+        }
+        oss << " }";
+        return oss.str();
+    }
+}
+
 } // end namespace Catch
 
 #endif // TWOBLUECUBES_CATCH_TOSTRING_HPP_INCLUDED
diff --git a/single_include/catch.hpp b/single_include/catch.hpp
index 523fa088..dba2e304 100644
--- a/single_include/catch.hpp
+++ b/single_include/catch.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *  CATCH v1.0 build 10 (master branch)
- *  Generated: 2013-09-14 19:56:34.776409
+ *  Generated: 2013-09-21 19:07:52.759646
  *  ----------------------------------------------------------
  *  This file has been merged from multiple headers. Please don't edit it directly
  *  Copyright (c) 2012 Two Blue Cubes Ltd. All rights reserved.
@@ -722,18 +722,15 @@ struct StringMaker<T*> {
     }
 };
 
-template<typename T>
-struct StringMaker<std::vector<T> > {
-    static std::string convert( std::vector<T> const& v ) {
-        std::ostringstream oss;
-        oss << "{ ";
-        for( std::size_t i = 0; i < v.size(); ++ i ) {
-            oss << toString( v[i] );
-            if( i < v.size() - 1 )
-                oss << ", ";
-        }
-        oss << " }";
-        return oss.str();
+namespace Detail {
+    template<typename InputIterator>
+    std::string rangeToString( InputIterator first, InputIterator last );
+}
+
+template<typename T, typename Allocator>
+struct StringMaker<std::vector<T, Allocator> > {
+    static std::string convert( std::vector<T,Allocator> const& v ) {
+        return Detail::rangeToString( v.begin(), v.end() );
     }
 };
 
@@ -853,6 +850,22 @@ inline std::string toString( std::nullptr_t ) {
     }
 #endif
 
+    namespace Detail {
+    template<typename InputIterator>
+    std::string rangeToString( InputIterator first, InputIterator last ) {
+        std::ostringstream oss;
+        oss << "{ ";
+        if( first != last ) {
+            oss << toString( *first );
+            for( ++first ; first != last ; ++first ) {
+                oss << ", " << toString( *first );
+            }
+        }
+        oss << " }";
+        return oss.str();
+    }
+}
+
 } // end namespace Catch
 
 // #included from: catch_assertionresult.h