diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eb3aa012c..253d5e6fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -128,3 +128,11 @@ Examples/test-suite/uffi/*/
 
 # Scratch directories
 Examples/scratch
+
+# Scilab generated files
+builder.sce
+loader.sce
+cleaner.sce
+*_wrap.c
+*_wrap.cxx
+lib*lib*.c
diff --git a/Examples/Makefile.in b/Examples/Makefile.in
index 30c7718f0..b6deb1ae8 100644
--- a/Examples/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/Makefile.in
@@ -1528,7 +1528,7 @@ R_SCRIPT=$(RUNME).R
 r: $(SRCS)
 	$(SWIG) -r $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH)
 ifneq ($(SRCS),)
-	$(CC) -g -c $(CFLAGS) $(R_CFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(INCLUDES) 
+	$(CC) -g -c $(CFLAGS) $(R_CFLAGS) $(SRCS) $(INCLUDES)
 endif
 	+( PKG_CPPFLAGS="$(INCLUDES)" $(COMPILETOOL) $(R) CMD SHLIB -o $(LIBPREFIX)$(TARGET)$(SO) $(ISRCS) $(OBJS) > /dev/null )
 
@@ -1572,9 +1572,10 @@ r_clean:
 ##################################################################
 
 # Make sure these locate your Scilab installation
-SCILAB_INCLUDE= $(DEFS) @SCILABINCLUDE@
-SCILAB_LIB    = @SCILABLIB@
-SCILAB        = @SCILAB@
+SCILAB_INCLUDE = $(DEFS) @SCILABINCLUDE@
+SCILAB_LIB = @SCILABLIB@
+SCILAB = @SCILAB@
+SCILABOPT =
 
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build a C dynamically loadable module
@@ -1583,15 +1584,15 @@ SCILAB        = @SCILAB@
 scilab: $(SRCS)
 	@if test ! -z "$(SRCS)"; then \
 		if test ! -z "$(INCLUDES)"; then \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -addsrc $(SRCS) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addsrc $(SRCS) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		else \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -addsrc $(SRCS) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addsrc $(SRCS) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		fi \
 	else \
 		if test ! -z "$(INCLUDES)"; then \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		else \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		fi \
 	fi
 	@if [ -f builder.sce ]; then \
@@ -1605,15 +1606,15 @@ scilab: $(SRCS)
 scilab_cpp: $(SRCS)
 	@if test ! -z "$(SRCS)"; then \
 		if test ! -z "$(INCLUDES)"; then \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ -addsrc $(SRCS) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addsrc $(SRCS) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		else \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ -addsrc $(SRCS) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addsrc $(SRCS) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		fi \
 	else \
 		if test ! -z "$(INCLUDES)"; then \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) -addcflag $(INCLUDES) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		else \
-			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ $(SWIGOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
+			$(SWIG) -scilab -c++ $(SWIGOPT) $(SCILABOPT) $(INTERFACEPATH); \
 		fi \
 	fi
 	@if [ -f builder.sce ]; then \
diff --git a/Examples/test-suite/scilab/Makefile.in b/Examples/test-suite/scilab/Makefile.in
index 75fef2199..6f11d930f 100644
--- a/Examples/test-suite/scilab/Makefile.in
+++ b/Examples/test-suite/scilab/Makefile.in
@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ include $(srcdir)/../common.mk
 run_testcase = \
 	if [ -f $(srcdir)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) ]; then ( \
 		env LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.:$$LD_LIBRARY_PATH $(RUNTOOL) echo 'exit(1)' |$(SCILAB) -nwni -nb -f $(srcdir)/$(SCRIPTPREFIX)$*$(SCRIPTSUFFIX) ; ) \
-	fi; 
+	fi;
 
-# Clean: remove the generated .sci file
+# Clean: remove the generated files
 %.clean:
-	@rm -f $*.sci *_wrap.c *.h *_wrap.cxx
+	@rm -f builder.sce loader.sce cleaner.sce $*_wrap.c $*_wrap.cxx lib$*lib.*
 
 clean:
 	$(MAKE) -f $(top_builddir)/$(EXAMPLES)/Makefile scilab_clean
diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg b/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
index 2319f811c..9eefd94fb 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scisequence.swg
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@
 #define SWIG_From_SequenceItem_frag(Type...) %fragment_name(From_SequenceItem, Type)
 #define SWIG_From_SequenceItem_dec(Type...) %symbol_name(From_SequenceItem, Type)
 
-
 %include <scisequencepointer.swg>
 %include <scisequenceint.swg>
 %include <scisequencedouble.swg>
@@ -39,10 +38,35 @@
   fragment=SWIG_AsGet_Sequence_frag(ptr),
   fragment=SWIG_AsSize_Sequence_frag(ptr),
   fragment=SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_frag(ptr),
-  fragment=SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_frag(ptr)) {
+  fragment=SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_frag(ptr),
+  fragment="StdTraits") {
 
 namespace swig {
+  // Returns an error for default (not specialized) value containers
+
   template <typename T> struct traits_as_sequence {
+    static int check(SciObject obj) {
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
+    }
+    static int get(SciObject obj, void **sequence) {
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
+    }
+    static int size(SciObject obj, int *size) {
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
+    }
+  };
+  template <typename T> struct traits_from_sequence {
+    static int create(int size, void **sequence) {
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
+    }
+    static SciObject set(int size, void *sequence) {
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
+    }
+  };
+
+  // But supports containers of pointers
+
+  template <typename T> struct traits_as_sequence<T*> {
     static int check(SciObject obj) {
       return SWIG_AsCheck_Sequence_dec(ptr)(obj);
     }
@@ -53,12 +77,12 @@ namespace swig {
       return SWIG_AsSize_Sequence_dec(ptr)(obj, size);
     }
   };
-  template <typename T> struct traits_from_sequence {
+  template <typename T> struct traits_from_sequence<T*> {
     static int create(int size, void **sequence) {
-      return SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_dec(ptr)(size, (int ***)sequence);
+      return SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_dec(ptr)(size, (long long **)sequence);
     }
     static SciObject set(int size, void *sequence) {
-      return SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_dec(ptr)(size, (int **)sequence);
+      return SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_dec(ptr)(size, (long long *)sequence);
     }
   };
 }
@@ -104,19 +128,35 @@ namespace swig {
 
 %fragment(SWIG_Traits_SequenceItem_frag(ptr), "header",
   fragment=SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_frag(ptr),
-  fragment=SWIG_From_SequenceItem_frag(ptr)) {
+  fragment=SWIG_From_SequenceItem_frag(ptr),
+  fragment="StdTraits") {
 
 namespace swig {
+  // Returns an error for default (not specialized) value containers
+
   template <typename T> struct traits_asval_sequenceitem {
     static int asval(SciObject obj, void *pSequence, int iItemIndex, T *pItemValue) {
-      return SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(obj, (int *)pSequence, iItemIndex, (int **)pItemValue);
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
     }
   };
   template <typename T> struct traits_from_sequenceitem {
     static int from(void *pSequence, int iItemIndex, T itemValue) {
-      return SWIG_From_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)((int **)pSequence, iItemIndex, (int*)itemValue);
+      SWIG_Error(SWIG_TypeError, type_name<T>());
     }
   };
+
+  // But supports containers of pointers
+
+  template <typename T> struct traits_asval_sequenceitem<T*> {
+    static int asval(SciObject obj, void *pSequence, int iItemIndex, T **pItemValue) {
+      return SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(obj, (int *)pSequence, iItemIndex, (void **)pItemValue);
+    }
+  };
+  template <typename T> struct traits_from_sequenceitem<T*> {
+    static int from(void *pSequence, int iItemIndex, T *itemValue) {
+      return SWIG_From_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)((long long *)pSequence, iItemIndex, (long long) itemValue);
+     }
+   };
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/Lib/scilab/scisequencepointer.swg b/Lib/scilab/scisequencepointer.swg
index 36f6ca2d5..332b5fb7e 100644
--- a/Lib/scilab/scisequencepointer.swg
+++ b/Lib/scilab/scisequencepointer.swg
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ SWIG_AsSize_Sequence_dec(ptr)(SciObject _obj, int *_piSize) {
 %fragment(SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_frag(ptr), "header") {
 
 SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, int ***_sequence) {
-   *_sequence = new int*[_size];
+SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, long long **_sequence) {
+  *_sequence = new long long[_size];
   return *_sequence != NULL ? SWIG_OK : SWIG_ERROR;
 }
 }
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ SWIG_FromCreate_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, int ***_sequence) {
 %fragment(SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_frag(ptr), "header") {
 
 SWIGINTERN SciObject
-SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, int **_sequence) {
+SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, long long *_sequence) {
   SciErr sciErr;
   int *piListAddr;
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ SWIG_FromSet_Sequence_dec(ptr)(int _size, int **_sequence) {
 %fragment(SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_frag(ptr), "header") {
 
 SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(SciObject _obj, int* _piSequence, int _itemIndex, int **_pItemValue)
+SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(SciObject _obj, int *_piSequence, int _itemIndex, void **_pItemValue)
 {
   SciErr sciErr;
   int *piItemAddr;
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ SWIG_AsVal_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(SciObject _obj, int* _piSequence, int _itemInde
 %fragment(SWIG_From_SequenceItem_frag(ptr), "header") {
 
 SWIGINTERN int
-SWIG_From_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(int **_pSequence, int _iItemIndex, int *_itemValue) {
+SWIG_From_SequenceItem_dec(ptr)(long long *_pSequence, int _iItemIndex, long long _itemValue) {
   _pSequence[_iItemIndex] = _itemValue;
 }
 }
diff --git a/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx b/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
index 6d406f314..84abc1b13 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/scilab.cxx
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@
 
 static const char *usage = (char*) "\
 Scilab options\n\
-     -addsrc <source files>  additionnal source files (separated by comma) to include in build script (ex: myfile.cxx myfile2.cxx)\n\
+     -addsrc <source files>  additionnal source files (separated by space) to include in build script (ex: myfile.cxx myfile2.cxx)\n\
      -addcflag -I<path>      additionnal include path to include in build script (ex: -I/usr/includes/)\n\
-     -addldlag <flag>        additionnal link flag to include in build script (ex: -lm)\n\n";
+     -addldlag <flag>        additionnal link flag to include in build script (ex: -lm)\n\
+     -vbl <level>            sets the build verbose level (default 0)\n\n";
 
 const char* SWIG_INIT_FUNCTION_NAME = "SWIG_Init";
 
@@ -41,6 +42,8 @@ protected:
   String *cflag;
   String *ldflag;
 
+  String* verboseBuildLevel;
+
 public:
   /* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    * main()
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ public:
     sourceFileList = NewList();
     ldflag = NULL;
     cflag = NULL;
+    verboseBuildLevel = NULL;
 
     /* Manage command line arguments */
     for (int argIndex = 1; argIndex < argc; argIndex++) {
@@ -82,10 +86,18 @@ public:
             ldflag = NewString(argv[argIndex+1]);
             Swig_mark_arg(argIndex+1);
           }
+        } else if (strcmp(argv[argIndex], "-vbl") == 0) {
+          Swig_mark_arg(argIndex);
+          verboseBuildLevel = NewString(argv[argIndex+1]);
+          Swig_mark_arg(argIndex+1);
         }
       }
     }
 
+    if (verboseBuildLevel == NULL) {
+      verboseBuildLevel = NewString("0");
+    }
+
     /* Set language-specific subdirectory in SWIG library */
     SWIG_library_directory("scilab");
 
@@ -138,12 +150,9 @@ public:
     builderCode = NewString("");
     Printf(builderCode, "mode(-1);\n");
     Printf(builderCode, "lines(0);\n"); /* Useful for automatic tests */
-    #ifdef SWIG_DEBUG
-      Printf(builderCode, "try\n");
-      Printf(builderCode, "ilib_verbose(1);\n");
-    #else
-      Printf(builderCode, "ilib_verbose(0);\n");
-    #endif
+
+    Printf(builderCode, "ilib_verbose(%s);\n", verboseBuildLevel);
+
     Printf(builderCode, "ilib_name = \"%slib\";\n", moduleName);
 
     Printf(builderCode, "libs = [];\n");
@@ -197,11 +206,7 @@ public:
     Printf(builderCode, "if ~isempty(table) then\n");
     Printf(builderCode, "  ilib_build(ilib_name, table, files, libs, [], ldflags, cflags);\n");
     Printf(builderCode, "end\n");
-    #ifdef SWIG_DEBUG
-      Printf(builderCode, "catch\n");
-      Printf(builderCode, "  printf(\"\"*** builder.sce file execution FAILED ***\"\");\n");
-      Printf(builderCode, "end\n");
-    #endif
+
     Printf(builderCode, "exit");
     builderFile = NewFile(NewStringf("%sbuilder.sce", SWIG_output_directory()), "w", SWIG_output_files());
     Printv(builderFile, builderCode, NIL);