@@ -47,6 +47,12 @@ class SortedDict(dict):

     def __iter__(self):

         return SortedDictIterator(self, self.keys())

+    def __getslice__(self, i=0, j=-1):

+        keys = self.keys()[i:j]

+        r = SortedDict(ignore_case = self.ignore_case)

+        for k in keys:

+            r[k] = self[k]

+        return r

 if __name__ == "__main__":