class_docstr: Provide numeric type operations
  
  This is an abstract class
class_docstr_tok: ["Provide","numeric","type","operations","This","is","an","abstract","class"]
code: def _maybe_cast_slice_bound(self, label, side, kind):
      assert kind in ["ix", "loc", "getitem", None]
  
      # we will try to coerce to integers
      return self._maybe_cast_indexer(label)
  
imports: import warnings
  import numpy
  from pandas._libs import index
  import pandas.compat
  from pandas.util._decorators import Appender, cache_readonly
  from pandas.core.dtypes.common import is_bool, is_bool_dtype, is_dtype_equal, is_extension_array_dtype, is_float, is_integer_dtype, is_scalar, needs_i8_conversion, pandas_dtype
  import pandas.core.dtypes.concat
  from pandas.core.dtypes.missing import isna
  from pandas.core import algorithms
  import pandas.core.common
  import pandas.core.indexes.base
  from pandas.core.indexes.base import Index, InvalidIndexError, _index_shared_docs
  from pandas.core.ops import get_op_result_name
label_desc: Use image node_id 2 for calling the NumericIndex obj's underlying member method code with example usage: obj._maybe_cast_slice_bound(label, side, kind) and returns: self