Slices won't go away.

pep-3099.txt

@@ -53,6 +53,13 @@ Core language
    Thread: sets in P3K?
    http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-April/01474.html
 
+* Slices and extended slices won't go away (even if the __getslice__
+  and __setslice__ APIs may be replaced) nor will they return views
+  for the standard object types.
+
+   Thread: Future of slices
+   http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2006-May/001563.html
+
 
 Builtins
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