diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/python/std_common.i b/SWIG/Lib/python/std_common.i
index 4eaf8d108..97307b561 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/python/std_common.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/python/std_common.i
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 //
 //#define SWIG_STD_NOMODERN_STL
 
+// Here, we identify compilers we now have problems with STL.
+%{
+  
+#if defined(__SUNPRO_CC) && defined(_RWSTD_VER)
+#define SWIG_STD_NOASSIGN_STL
+#endif
+
+%}
+
 //
 // Define or uncomment the following macro to instantiate by default
 // all the basic std typemaps (std::pair<T,U>, std::vector<T>, etc)
diff --git a/SWIG/Lib/python/std_container.i b/SWIG/Lib/python/std_container.i
index b4b3f9bab..d1261c3ee 100644
--- a/SWIG/Lib/python/std_container.i
+++ b/SWIG/Lib/python/std_container.i
@@ -105,7 +105,15 @@
     template <class PySeq, class Seq> 
     inline void
     assign(const PySeq& pyseq, Seq* seq) {
+#ifdef SWIG_STD_NOASSIGN_STL
+      typedef typename PySeq::value_type value_type;
+      typename PySeq::const_iterator it = pyseq.begin();
+      for (;it != pyseq.end(); ++it) {
+	seq->insert(seq->end(),(value_type)(*it));
+      }
+#else
       seq->assign(pyseq.begin(), pyseq.end());
+#endif
     }
 
     template <class Seq, class T = typename Seq::value_type >