diff -up swig-2.0.1/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg.rh666429 swig-2.0.1/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg
--- swig-2.0.1/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg.rh666429	2010-02-28 00:26:02.000000000 +0100
+++ swig-2.0.1/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg	2011-01-03 13:02:29.303515695 +0100
@@ -631,14 +631,6 @@ namespace swig
       return x;
     }
 
-    /* typemap for slice object support */
-    %typemap(in) PySliceObject* {
-      $1 = (PySliceObject *) $input;
-    }
-    %typemap(typecheck,precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_POINTER) PySliceObject* {
-      $1 = PySlice_Check($input);
-    }
-
     Sequence* __getslice__(difference_type i, difference_type j) throw (std::out_of_range) {
       return swig::getslice(self, i, j);
     }
@@ -660,7 +652,7 @@ namespace swig
     /* Overloaded methods for Python 3 compatibility 
      * (Also useful in Python 2.x)
      */
-    Sequence* __getitem__(PySliceObject *slice) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+    Sequence* __getitem__(PyObject *slice) throw (std::out_of_range) {
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {
         SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, "Slice object expected.");
@@ -670,7 +662,7 @@ namespace swig
       return swig::getslice(self, i, j);
     }
 
-    void __setitem__(PySliceObject *slice, const Sequence& v)
+    void __setitem__(PyObject *slice, const Sequence& v)
       throw (std::out_of_range, std::invalid_argument) {
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {
@@ -681,7 +673,7 @@ namespace swig
       swig::setslice(self, i, j, v);
     }
 
-    void __delitem__(PySliceObject *slice)
+    void __delitem__(PyObject *slice)
       throw (std::out_of_range) {
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {