diff --git a/Doc/api/newtypes.tex b/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
index 1fadc46..038cce9 100644
--- a/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/newtypes.tex
@@ -306,6 +306,21 @@
   \versionadded{2.3}
 \end{datadesc}
 
+One other constant controls whether a method is loaded in place of
+another definition with the same method name.
+
+\begin{datadesc}{METH_COEXIST}
+  The method will be loaded in place of existing definitions.  Without
+  \var{METH_COEXIST}, the default is to skip repeated definitions.  Since
+  slot wrappers are loaded before the method table, the existence of a
+  \var{sq_contains} slot, for example, would generate a wrapped method
+  named \method{__contains__()} and preclude the loading of a
+  corresponding PyCFunction with the same name.  With the flag defined,
+  the PyCFunction will be loaded in place of the wrapper object and will
+  co-exist with the slot.  This is helpful because calls to PyCFunctions
+  are optimized more than wrapper object calls.
+  \versionadded{2.4}
+\end{datadesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{Py_FindMethod}{PyMethodDef table[],
                                             PyObject *ob, char *name}
diff --git a/Include/methodobject.h b/Include/methodobject.h
index 887385d..0f60549 100644
--- a/Include/methodobject.h
+++ b/Include/methodobject.h
@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@
 #define METH_CLASS    0x0010
 #define METH_STATIC   0x0020
 
+/* METH_COEXIST allows a method to be entered eventhough a slot has
+   already filled the entry.  When defined, the flag allows a separate
+   method, "__contains__" for example, to coexist with a defined 
+   slot like sq_contains. */
+
+#define METH_COEXIST   0x0040
+
 typedef struct PyMethodChain {
     PyMethodDef *methods;		/* Methods of this type */
     struct PyMethodChain *link;	/* NULL or base type */
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a28d042..53dbe06 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -281,6 +281,12 @@
 C API
 -----
 
+- Created a new method flag, METH_COEXIST, which causes a method to be loaded
+  even if already defined by a slot wrapper.  This allows a __contains__
+  method, for example, to co-exist with a defined sq_contains slot.  This
+  is helpful because the PyCFunction can take advantage of optimized calls
+  whenever METH_O or METH_NOARGS flags are defined.
+
 - Added a new function, PyDict_Contains(d, k) which is like
   PySequence_Contains() but is specific to dictionaries and executes
   about 10% faster.
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 0cf71b5..013f5f2 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -498,6 +498,31 @@
 	return (mp->ma_lookup)(mp, key, hash)->me_value;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+dict_getitem(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
+{
+	long hash;
+	dictobject *mp = (dictobject *)op;
+	PyObject *v;
+
+	if (!PyDict_Check(op)) {
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	if (!PyString_CheckExact(key) ||
+	    (hash = ((PyStringObject *) key)->ob_shash) == -1)
+	{
+		hash = PyObject_Hash(key);
+		if (hash == -1)
+			return NULL;
+	}
+	v = (mp->ma_lookup)(mp, key, hash) -> me_value;
+	if (v == NULL)
+		PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_KeyError, key);
+	else
+		Py_INCREF(v);
+	return v;
+}
+
 /* CAUTION: PyDict_SetItem() must guarantee that it won't resize the
  * dictionary if it is merely replacing the value for an existing key.
  * This is means that it's safe to loop over a dictionary with
@@ -1735,6 +1760,11 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(has_key__doc__,
 "D.has_key(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False");
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(contains__doc__,
+"D.__contains__(k) -> True if D has a key k, else False");
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(getitem__doc__, "x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]");
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(get__doc__,
 "D.get(k[,d]) -> D[k] if k in D, else d.  d defaults to None.");
 
@@ -1781,6 +1811,10 @@
 "D.iteritems() -> an iterator over the (key, value) items of D");
 
 static PyMethodDef mapp_methods[] = {
+	{"__contains__",(PyCFunction)dict_has_key,      METH_O | METH_COEXIST,
+	 contains__doc__},
+	{"__getitem__", (PyCFunction)dict_getitem,	METH_O | METH_COEXIST,
+	 getitem__doc__},
 	{"has_key",	(PyCFunction)dict_has_key,      METH_O,
 	 has_key__doc__},
 	{"get",         (PyCFunction)dict_get,          METH_VARARGS,
diff --git a/Objects/listobject.c b/Objects/listobject.c
index 7d5c8b4..3915cc9 100644
--- a/Objects/listobject.c
+++ b/Objects/listobject.c
@@ -2371,6 +2371,8 @@
 static PyObject *list_iter(PyObject *seq);
 static PyObject *list_reversed(PyListObject* seq, PyObject* unused);
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(getitem_doc,
+"x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y]");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(reversed_doc,
 "L.__reversed__() -- return a reverse iterator over the list");
 PyDoc_STRVAR(append_doc,
@@ -2396,7 +2398,10 @@
 "list.sorted(iterable, cmp=None, key=None, reverse=False) --> new sorted list;\n\
 cmp(x, y) -> -1, 0, 1");
 
+static PyObject *list_subscript(PyListObject*, PyObject*);
+
 static PyMethodDef list_methods[] = {
+	{"__getitem__", (PyCFunction)list_subscript, METH_O|METH_COEXIST, getitem_doc},
 	{"__reversed__",(PyCFunction)list_reversed, METH_NOARGS, reversed_doc},
 	{"append",	(PyCFunction)listappend,  METH_O, append_doc},
 	{"insert",	(PyCFunction)listinsert,  METH_VARARGS, insert_doc},
diff --git a/Objects/methodobject.c b/Objects/methodobject.c
index 3a92fa4..5818616 100644
--- a/Objects/methodobject.c
+++ b/Objects/methodobject.c
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 	PyObject *self = PyCFunction_GET_SELF(func);
 	int size;
 
-	switch (PyCFunction_GET_FLAGS(func) & ~(METH_CLASS | METH_STATIC)) {
+	switch (PyCFunction_GET_FLAGS(func) & ~(METH_CLASS | METH_STATIC | METH_COEXIST)) {
 	case METH_VARARGS:
 		if (kw == NULL || PyDict_Size(kw) == 0)
 			return (*meth)(self, arg);
diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index c060077..8e70546 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -156,6 +156,28 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
+set_direct_contains(PySetObject *so, PyObject *key)
+{
+	PyObject *tmp;
+	long result;
+
+	result = PyDict_Contains(so->data, key);
+	if (result == -1 && PyAnySet_Check(key)) {
+		PyErr_Clear();
+		tmp = frozenset_dict_wrapper(((PySetObject *)(key))->data);
+		if (tmp == NULL)
+			return NULL;
+		result = PyDict_Contains(so->data, tmp);
+		Py_DECREF(tmp);
+	}
+	if (result == -1)
+		return NULL;
+	return PyBool_FromLong(result);
+}
+
+PyDoc_STRVAR(contains_doc, "x.__contains__(y) <==> y in x.");
+
+static PyObject *
 set_copy(PySetObject *so)
 {
 	return make_new_set(so->ob_type, (PyObject *)so);
@@ -968,6 +990,8 @@
 	 add_doc},
 	{"clear",	(PyCFunction)set_clear,		METH_NOARGS,
 	 clear_doc},
+	{"__contains__",	(PyCFunction)set_direct_contains,	METH_O | METH_COEXIST,
+	 contains_doc},
 	{"copy",	(PyCFunction)set_copy,		METH_NOARGS,
 	 copy_doc},
 	{"__copy__",	(PyCFunction)set_copy,		METH_NOARGS,
@@ -1094,6 +1118,8 @@
 
 
 static PyMethodDef frozenset_methods[] = {
+	{"__contains__",	(PyCFunction)set_direct_contains,	METH_O | METH_COEXIST,
+	 contains_doc},
 	{"copy",	(PyCFunction)frozenset_copy,	METH_NOARGS,
 	 copy_doc},
 	{"__copy__",	(PyCFunction)frozenset_copy,	METH_NOARGS,
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index e4eadb8..545dba6 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -2792,8 +2792,9 @@
 
 	for (; meth->ml_name != NULL; meth++) {
 		PyObject *descr;
-		if (PyDict_GetItemString(dict, meth->ml_name))
-			continue;
+		if (PyDict_GetItemString(dict, meth->ml_name) &&
+			!(meth->ml_flags & METH_COEXIST))
+				continue;
 		if (meth->ml_flags & METH_CLASS) {
 			if (meth->ml_flags & METH_STATIC) {
 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,