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@@ -1095,8 +1095,9 @@ returns zero is considered to be false in a Boolean context.
\begin{methoddesc}[mapping object]{__getitem__}{self, key}
Called to implement evaluation of \code{\var{self}[\var{key}]}.
-For a sequence types, the accepted keys should be integers. Note that
-the special interpretation of negative indices (if the class wishes to
+For sequence types, the accepted keys should be integers and slice
+objects.\obindex{slice} Note that
+the special interpretation of negative indexes (if the class wishes to
emulate a sequence type) is up to the \method{__getitem__()} method.
If \var{key} is of an inappropriate type, \exception{TypeError} may be
raised; if of a value outside the set of indexes for the sequence