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	2011-02-16 12:25:19.277091696 +0100
+++ swig-2.0.1/Lib/python/pycontainer.swg	2011-02-16 12:48:43.273926091 +0100
@@ -631,6 +631,7 @@ namespace swig
       return x;
     }
 
+#if !NO_PYSLICE
     /* typemap for slice object support */
     %typemap(in) PySliceObject* {
       $1 = (PySliceObject *) $input;
@@ -638,6 +639,7 @@ namespace swig
     %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);
@@ -660,7 +662,11 @@ namespace swig
     /* 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.");
@@ -669,8 +675,11 @@ namespace swig
       PySlice_GetIndices(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) ) {
@@ -681,7 +690,11 @@ namespace swig
       swig::setslice(self, i, j, v);
     }
 
+#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 -up swig-2.0.1/Source/Modules/python.cxx.rh666429 swig-2.0.1/Source/Modules/python.cxx
--- swig-2.0.1/Source/Modules/python.cxx.rh666429	2011-02-16 12:20:37.557740471 +0100
+++ swig-2.0.1/Source/Modules/python.cxx	2011-02-16 12:46:29.034224445 +0100
@@ -440,6 +440,7 @@ public:
     if (py3) {
         /* force disable features that not compatible with Python 3.x */
         classic = 0;
+        Preprocessor_define((DOH *) "NO_PYSLICE 1", 0);
     }
 
     if (cppcast) {