diff --git a/roaring/containers_slice.go b/roaring/containers_slice.go
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+++ b/roaring/containers_slice.go
@@ -0,0 +1,149 @@
+package roaring
+
+func NewSliceContainers() *SliceContainers {
+	return &SliceContainers{}
+}
+
+type SliceContainers struct {
+	keys          []uint64
+	containers    []*container
+	lastKey       uint64
+	lastContainer *container
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Get(key uint64) *container {
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+	if i < 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return sc.containers[i]
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Put(key uint64, c *container) {
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+
+	// If index is negative then there's not an exact match
+	// and a container needs to be added.
+	if i < 0 {
+		sc.insertAt(key, c, -i-1)
+	} else {
+		//should this happen?
+		sc.containers[i] = c
+	}
+
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) PutContainerValues(key uint64, containerType byte, n int, mapped bool) {
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+	if i < 0 {
+		c := newContainer()
+		c.containerType = containerType
+		c.n = n
+		c.mapped = mapped
+		sc.insertAt(key, c, -i-1)
+	} else {
+		//should this happen?
+		c := sc.containers[i]
+		c.containerType = containerType
+		c.n = n
+		c.mapped = mapped
+	}
+
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Remove(key uint64) {
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+	if i < 0 {
+		return
+	}
+	sc.keys = append(sc.keys[:i], sc.keys[i+1:]...)
+	sc.containers = append(sc.containers[:i], sc.containers[i+1:]...)
+
+}
+func (sc *SliceContainers) insertAt(key uint64, c *container, i int) {
+	sc.keys = append(sc.keys, 0)
+	copy(sc.keys[i+1:], sc.keys[i:])
+	sc.keys[i] = key
+
+	sc.containers = append(sc.containers, nil)
+	copy(sc.containers[i+1:], sc.containers[i:])
+	sc.containers[i] = c
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) GetOrCreate(key uint64) *container {
+	// Check the last* cache for same container.
+	if key == sc.lastKey && sc.lastContainer != nil {
+		return sc.lastContainer
+	}
+
+	sc.lastKey = key
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+	if i < 0 {
+		c := newContainer()
+		sc.insertAt(key, c, -i-1)
+		sc.lastContainer = c
+		return c
+	}
+
+	sc.lastContainer = sc.containers[i]
+	return sc.lastContainer
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Clone() Containers {
+	other := NewSliceContainers()
+	other.keys = make([]uint64, len(sc.keys))
+	other.containers = make([]*container, len(sc.containers))
+	copy(other.keys, sc.keys)
+	for i, c := range sc.containers {
+		other.containers[i] = c.clone()
+	}
+	return other
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Last() (key uint64, c *container) {
+	if len(sc.keys) == 0 {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	return sc.keys[len(sc.keys)-1], sc.containers[len(sc.keys)-1]
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Size() int {
+	return len(sc.keys)
+
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) seek(key uint64) (int, bool) {
+	i := search64(sc.keys, key)
+	found := true
+	if i < 0 {
+		found = false
+		i = -i - 1
+	}
+	return i, found
+}
+
+func (sc *SliceContainers) Iterator(key uint64) (citer Contiterator, found bool) {
+	i, found := sc.seek(key)
+	return &SliceIterator{e: sc, i: i}, found
+}
+
+type SliceIterator struct {
+	e     *SliceContainers
+	i     int
+	key   uint64
+	value *container
+}
+
+func (si *SliceIterator) Next() bool {
+	if si.e == nil || si.i > len(si.e.keys)-1 {
+		return false
+	}
+	si.key = si.e.keys[si.i]
+	si.value = si.e.containers[si.i]
+	si.i++
+	return true
+}
+
+func (si *SliceIterator) Value() (uint64, *container) {
+	return si.key, si.value
+}