@@ -54,11 +54,14 @@ 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]

+    def __getitem__(self, index):

+        """Override to support the "get_slice" for python3 """

+        if isinstance(index, slice):

+            r = SortedDict(ignore_case = self.ignore_case)

+            for k in self.keys()[index]:

+                r[k] = self[k]

+        else:

+            r = super(SortedDict, self).__getitem__(index)

         return r