Index: ascend/system/system.c
===================================================================
--- ascend/system/system.c	(revision 3365)
+++ ascend/system/system.c	(working copy)
@@ -88,12 +88,7 @@
   slv_set_instance(sys,inst);
 
 #if DOTIME
-  comptime = tm_cpu_time() - comptime;
-  if(comptime >= 1e-3){
-    CONSOLE_DEBUG("System built (time %5.3f s)",comptime);
-  }else{
-    CONSOLE_DEBUG("System built (time <1ms)");
-  }
+  FPRINTF(stderr,"Time to build system = %g s (outputs zero for build time < 1ms )\n", ((tm_cpu_time() - comptime)>=0.00001)?(tm_cpu_time()-comptime):0);
 #endif
   return(sys);
 }
Index: pygtk/listExtend.py
===================================================================
--- pygtk/listExtend.py	(revision 0)
+++ pygtk/listExtend.py	(revision 0)
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+##############################
+# Modified list class that enables assigning values to a range of elements
+# Submited by : Ujjaval
+# Addresses Issue 459
+##############################
+
+class myList(list):
+	def __setslice__(self, i, j, sequence):
+		if(isinstance(sequence,list)):
+			list.__setslice__(self, i, j, sequence)
+		else:
+			try:
+				for x in range(i,j):
+					self.__setitem__(x,sequence)
+			except:
+				print "Unexpected error:", sys.exc_info()[0]
+
+#################################
+#		SAMPLE USAGE :
+#
+#	1.Extended Syntax :
+#a = myList('123456789');
+#print a;
+#a[1:4] = 5;
+#print a;
+#	2.Original Syntax :
+#b = myList('123456789');
+#print b;
+#b[1:4] = [34,65];
+#print b;
+#################################