diff -wruN -x '*~' ../orig-swig-2.0.4/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg ./Lib/python/pycontainer.swg
--- ../orig-swig-2.0.4/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg	2011-04-10 00:07:22.000000000 +0200
+++ ./Lib/python/pycontainer.swg	2011-09-20 11:27:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -657,6 +657,7 @@
       return x;
     }
 
+#if !NO_PYSLICE
     /* typemap for slice object support */
     %typemap(in) PySliceObject* {
       if (!PySlice_Check($input)) {
@@ -667,6 +668,7 @@
     %typemap(typecheck,precedence=SWIG_TYPECHECK_POINTER) PySliceObject* {
       $1 = PySlice_Check($input);
     }
+#endif
 
     Sequence* __getslice__(difference_type i, difference_type j) throw (std::out_of_range) {
       return swig::getslice(self, i, j);
@@ -689,7 +691,11 @@
     /* Overloaded methods for Python 3 compatibility 
      * (Also useful in Python 2.x)
      */
+#if NO_PYSLICE
+    Sequence* __getitem__(PyObject *slice) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+#else
     Sequence* __getitem__(PySliceObject *slice) throw (std::out_of_range) {
+#endif
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {
         SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, "Slice object expected.");
@@ -698,8 +704,11 @@
       PySlice_GetIndices(SWIGPY_SLICE_ARG(slice), self->size(), &i, &j, &step);
       return swig::getslice(self, i, j);
     }
-
+#if NO_PYSLICE
+    void __setitem__(PyObject *slice, const Sequence& v)
+#else
     void __setitem__(PySliceObject *slice, const Sequence& v)
+#endif
       throw (std::out_of_range, std::invalid_argument) {
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {
@@ -721,7 +730,11 @@
       swig::delslice(self, i,j);
     }
 
+#if NO_PYSLICE
+    void __delitem__(PyObject *slice)
+#else
     void __delitem__(PySliceObject *slice)
+#endif
       throw (std::out_of_range) {
       Py_ssize_t i, j, step;
       if( !PySlice_Check(slice) ) {
diff -wruN -x '*~' ../orig-swig-2.0.4/Source/Modules/python.cxx ./Source/Modules/python.cxx
--- ../orig-swig-2.0.4/Source/Modules/python.cxx	2011-05-20 07:58:05.000000000 +0200
+++ ./Source/Modules/python.cxx	2011-09-20 11:27:19.000000000 +0200
@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@
     if (py3) {
       /* force disable features that not compatible with Python 3.x */
       classic = 0;
+      Preprocessor_define((DOH *) "NO_PYSLICE 1", 0);
     }
 
     if (cppcast) {