sliceobject and ceval changed the parameter types of 
slice objects to ssize_t, but the code still requires 
an int (sometimes not even a long); it should use the 
new __index__ slot; at the very least, it should be 
consistent about what it does accept.

In http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Objects/
sliceobject.c?rev=42382&view=markup

[issue 1] function PySlice_GetIndices takes Py_ssize_t 
parameters for (length, start, stop, step)

but then does a PyInt_Check on each of start, stop, 
step.  (An XXX to allow longs was also removed.)  It *
should* use the new __index__ slot.

[issue 2] Later in the same file, function slice_
indices takes a PyObject len parameter, but then uses 
PyInt_AsLong rather than __index__ (or even PyInt_
AsSsize_t) to create Py_ssize_t ilen.

[issue 3]

http://svn.python.org/view/python/trunk/Python/ceval.c?
rev=42382&view=markup

function _PyEval_SliceIndex accepts only ints and 
longs, and longs will be converted to ints with 
clipping.  

It should allow anything with __index__, and clip only 
to ssize_t rather than int.

[issue 4] ISINT still insists on int or long -- I 
thought I saw a fix for this already in the index 
patches.

[issue 5]
apply_slice and assign_slice changed the types of ilow 
and ihigh, but still initializes them to INT_MAX 
rather than ssize_t max.

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I believe these are all fixed as of 43583 (and earlier).