diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/Makefile b/eo/src/pyeo/Makefile
index df0e09cb..7f48a895 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/Makefile
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ CPPFLAGS = -Wall -O2 #-g #-O2
 LDFLAGS = 
 COMPILE = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c
 LINK = $(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) 
-INC=-I/usr/include/python2.2 -I.. -ftemplate-depth-50 -I/usr/include/stlport
+INC=-I/usr/include/python2.2 -I.. -ftemplate-depth-50 #-I/usr/include/stlport
 
 OBJECTS=eoFunctorStore.o PyEO.o abstract1.o algos.o \
 	random_numbers.o geneticOps.o selectOne.o continuators.o\
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ clean:
 	rm PyEO/*.so *.o test/*.pyc
 
 PyEO/PyEO.so: $(OBJECTS)
-	$(LINK) -o PyEO/PyEO.so $(OBJECTS) -lboost_python -lpython2.2 -shared -lstlport
+	$(LINK) -o PyEO/PyEO.so $(OBJECTS) -lboost_python -lpython2.2 -shared #-lstlport
 
 eoFunctorStore.o: ../eoFunctorStore.h ../eoFunctorStore.cpp
 	$(COMPILE) -o eoFunctorStore.o ../eoFunctorStore.cpp $(INC)
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.cpp
index a22c6036..6a0a1394 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.cpp
@@ -18,16 +18,37 @@
     Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
 */
 
-
-#include <eoPop.h>
 #include "PyEO.h"
+#include <eoPop.h>
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 #include <sstream>
 #else
 #include <strstream>
 #endif
 
+typedef eoPop<PyEO>::iterator PopIt;
+typedef eoPop<PyEO>::const_iterator cPopIt;
+
+PopIt operator+(PopIt it, size_t a)
+{
+    return it + ptrdiff_t(a);
+}
+cPopIt operator+(cPopIt it, size_t a)
+{
+    return it + ptrdiff_t(a);
+}
+PopIt operator-(PopIt it, size_t a)
+{
+    return it - ptrdiff_t(a);
+}
+cPopIt operator-(cPopIt it, size_t a)
+{
+    return it - ptrdiff_t(a);
+}
+
 using namespace std;
+//using namespace boost::python;
 
 // static member, needs to be instantiated somewhere
 std::vector<int> PyFitness::objective_info;
@@ -82,13 +103,13 @@ struct pyPop_pickle_suite : boost::python::pickle_suite
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i != _pop.size(); ++i)
 	    entries.append( PyEO_pickle_suite::getstate(_pop[i]) );
 
-	return boost::python::make_tuple(object(_pop.size()), entries);
+	return boost::python::make_tuple(boost::python::object(_pop.size()), entries);
     }
 
     static void setstate( eoPop<PyEO>& _pop, boost::python::tuple pickled)
     {
-	int sz = extract<int>(pickled[0]);
-	boost::python::list entries = list(pickled[1]);
+	int sz = boost::python::extract<int>(pickled[0]);
+	boost::python::list entries = boost::python::list(pickled[1]);
 	_pop.resize(sz);
 	for (unsigned i = 0; i != _pop.size(); ++i)
 	{
@@ -104,13 +125,13 @@ boost::python::str to_string(T& _p)
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
     std::ostringstream os;
     _p.printOn(os);
-    return str(os.str().c_str());
+    return boost::python::str(os.str().c_str());
 #else
     std::ostrstream os;
     _p.printOn(os);
     os << ends;
     std::string s(os.str());
-    return str(s.c_str());
+    return boost::python::str(s.c_str());
 #endif
 }
 
@@ -122,9 +143,9 @@ void translate_index_error(index_error const& e)
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_IndexError, e.what.c_str());
 }
 
-PyEO& pop_getitem(eoPop<PyEO>& pop, object key)
+PyEO& pop_getitem(eoPop<PyEO>& pop, boost::python::object key)
 {
-    extract<int> x(key);
+    boost::python::extract<int> x(key);
     if (!x.check())
 	throw index_error("Slicing not allowed");
     
@@ -132,15 +153,17 @@ PyEO& pop_getitem(eoPop<PyEO>& pop, object key)
     
     if (static_cast<unsigned>(i) >= pop.size())
     { 
+	cerr << "throwing" << endl;
 	throw index_error("Index out of bounds");
     }
-    
+    cerr << "indexing " << i << endl;
+
     return pop[i];
 }
-void pop_setitem(eoPop<PyEO>& pop, object key, PyEO& value)
-{
 
-    extract<int> x(key);
+void pop_setitem(eoPop<PyEO>& pop, boost::python::object key, PyEO& value)
+{
+    boost::python::extract<int> x(key);
     if (!x.check())
 	throw index_error("Slicing not allowed");
     
@@ -175,9 +198,11 @@ extern void statistics();
 
 BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(PyEO)
 {
-    register_exception_translator<index_error>(&translate_index_error);
+    using namespace boost::python;
+
+    boost::python::register_exception_translator<index_error>(&translate_index_error);
     
-    class_<PyEO>("EO")
+    boost::python::class_<PyEO>("EO")
 	.add_property("fitness", &PyEO::getFitness, &PyEO::setFitness)
 	.add_property("genome", &PyEO::getGenome, &PyEO::setGenome)
 	.def_pickle(PyEO_pickle_suite())
@@ -186,7 +211,7 @@ BOOST_PYTHON_MODULE(PyEO)
 	.def("__str__", &PyEO::to_string)
 	;
 
-    class_<eoPop<PyEO> >("eoPop", init<>() )
+    boost::python::class_<eoPop<PyEO> >("eoPop", init<>() )
 	.def( init< unsigned, eoInit<PyEO>& >()[with_custodian_and_ward<1,3>()] )
 	.def("append", &eoPop<PyEO>::append)
 	.def("__str__", to_string<eoPop<PyEO> >)
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.h b/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.h
index abca84b6..6cf3c003 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.h
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/PyEO.h
@@ -21,15 +21,18 @@
 #ifndef PYEO_H
 #define PYEO_H
 
-#include <EO.h>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
+#include <exception>
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 
-using namespace boost::python;
-
-struct index_error { index_error(std::string w) : what(w) {}; std::string what; };
+#include <EO.h>
+struct index_error : public std::exception { 
+    index_error(std::string w) : what(w) {}; 
+    virtual ~index_error() throw() {}
+    std::string what; 
+};
 
 class PyFitness : public boost::python::object
 {
@@ -37,10 +40,10 @@ class PyFitness : public boost::python::object
     
     typedef PyFitness fitness_traits; // it's its own traits class :-)
 	
-    PyFitness() : object() {}
+    PyFitness() : boost::python::object() {}
     
     template <class T>
-    PyFitness(const T& o) : object(o) {}
+    PyFitness(const T& o) : boost::python::object(o) {}
     
     static unsigned nObjectives() { return objective_info.size(); }
     static double tol() { return 1e-6; }
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ class PyFitness : public boost::python::object
     
     double operator[](int i) const 
     { 
-	extract<double> x(object::operator[](i)); 
+	boost::python::extract<double> x(object::operator[](i)); 
     
 	if (!x.check())
 	    throw std::runtime_error("PyFitness: does not contain doubles");
@@ -101,28 +104,28 @@ class PyFitness : public boost::python::object
 	return other.operator<(*this);
     }
     
-    void printOn(std::ostream& os) const { const object& o = *this; boost::python::api::operator<<(os,o); }
+    void printOn(std::ostream& os) const { const boost::python::object& o = *this; boost::python::api::operator<<(os,o); }
     friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& os, const PyFitness& p) { p.printOn(os); return os;  }
-    friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, PyFitness& p) { object o; is >> o; p = o; return is; }
+    friend std::istream& operator>>(std::istream& is, PyFitness& p) { boost::python::object o; is >> o; p = o; return is; }
 };
 
 struct PyEO : public EO< PyFitness  >
 {  
     typedef PyFitness Fitness;
     
-    object getFitness() const { return invalid()? Fitness(): fitness(); }
-    void setFitness(object f) { if (f == Fitness()) invalidate(); else fitness(f); }
+    boost::python::object getFitness() const { return invalid()? Fitness(): fitness(); }
+    void setFitness(boost::python::object f) { if (f == Fitness()) invalidate(); else fitness(f); }
 
-    object getGenome() const { return genome; }
-    void setGenome(object g) { genome = g; }
-    object genome;
+    boost::python::object getGenome() const { return genome; }
+    void setGenome(boost::python::object g) { genome = g; }
+    boost::python::object genome;
     
     std::string to_string() const
     {
 	std::string result;
-	result += extract<const char*>(str(getFitness()));
+	result += boost::python::extract<const char*>(boost::python::str(getFitness()));
 	result += ' ';
-	result += extract<const char*>(str(genome));
+	result += boost::python::extract<const char*>(boost::python::str(genome));
 	return result;
     }
 
@@ -140,7 +143,7 @@ struct PyEO_pickle_suite : boost::python::pickle_suite
     static
     boost::python::tuple getstate(const PyEO& _eo)
     {
-	return make_tuple(_eo.getFitness(), _eo.genome);
+	return boost::python::make_tuple(_eo.getFitness(), _eo.genome);
     }
     static
     void setstate(PyEO& _eo, boost::python::tuple pickled)
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/abstract1.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/abstract1.cpp
index 5f6c0713..8a443a04 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/abstract1.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/abstract1.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 void abstract1()
 {
     /* Abstract Classes: overrideble from python */
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/algos.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/algos.cpp
index b8c69558..12feaf19 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/algos.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/algos.cpp
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 void algos()
 {
     def_abstract_functor<eoAlgo<PyEO> >("eoAlgo");
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/breeders.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/breeders.cpp
index 4610e947..30cf0994 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/breeders.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/breeders.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #define DEF3(x, i1, i2) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoBreed<PyEO > > >(#x, \
 	init<i1, i2 >()[with_custodian_and_ward<1,2,with_custodian_and_ward<1,3> >()])\
 	.def("__call__", &eoBreed<PyEO>::operator())
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/continuators.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/continuators.cpp
index 974f5d5f..4f1a76c5 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/continuators.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/continuators.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #define DEF(x) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoContinue<PyEO > > >(#x).def("__call__", &eoContinue<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF2(x, i1) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoContinue<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1>() ).def("__call__", &eoContinue<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF3(x, i1, i2) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoContinue<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1, i2 >() ).def("__call__", &eoContinue<PyEO>::operator())
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/geneticOps.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/geneticOps.cpp
index 777a0f5c..2665837b 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/geneticOps.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/geneticOps.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 class GenOpWrapper : public eoGenOp<PyEO>
 {
     public:
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/mergers.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/mergers.cpp
index 23f24b5a..fd2b3411 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/mergers.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/mergers.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #define DEF(x) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoMerge<PyEO > > >(#x).def("__call__", &eoMerge<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF2(x, i1) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoMerge<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1>() ).def("__call__", &eoMerge<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF3(x, i1, i2) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoMerge<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1, i2 >() ).def("__call__", &eoMerge<PyEO>::operator())
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/monitors.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/monitors.cpp
index 0b0e1734..8215128d 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/monitors.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/monitors.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 #include <utils/eoMonitor.h>
 #include "PyEO.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 class MonitorWrapper : public eoMonitor
 {
     public:
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/perf2worth.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/perf2worth.cpp
index 6bf21614..3ca13996 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/perf2worth.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/perf2worth.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 #include "PyEO.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 struct Perf2WorthWrapper : public eoPerf2Worth<PyEO,double>
 {
     PyObject* self;
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/pickle.h b/eo/src/pyeo/pickle.h
index 4dba587b..3d0bc4e0 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/pickle.h
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/pickle.h
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ struct T_pickle_suite : boost::python::pickle_suite
     static
     void setstate(T& t, boost::python::tuple pickled)
     {
-	std::string s = extract<std::string>(pickled[0]);
+	std::string s = boost::python::extract<std::string>(pickled[0]);
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 	std::istringstream is(s);
 #else
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/random_numbers.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/random_numbers.cpp
index 77ebcdf2..a496a371 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/random_numbers.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/random_numbers.cpp
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 #include <utils/eoRNG.h>
 #include <boost/python.hpp>
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #ifdef HAVE_SSTREAM
 #include <sstream>
 #else
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/reduce.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/reduce.cpp
index fa37e827..a23c15cd 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/reduce.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/reduce.cpp
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 #include "PyEO.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 // unfortunately have to define it specially
 class eoReduceWrapper : public eoReduce<PyEO>
 {
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/replacement.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/replacement.cpp
index ecfcf284..9867a113 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/replacement.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/replacement.cpp
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #define DEF(x) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoReplacement<PyEO > > >(#x).def("__call__", &eoReplacement<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF2(x, i1) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoReplacement<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1>() ).def("__call__", &eoReplacement<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF3(x, i1, i2) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoReplacement<PyEO > > >(#x, \
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/selectOne.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/selectOne.cpp
index 877f0595..554a6e36 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/selectOne.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/selectOne.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "pickle.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 class eoSelectOneWrapper : public eoSelectOne<PyEO>
 {
     public:
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/selectors.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/selectors.cpp
index 4d5cfae7..ba8d405d 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/selectors.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/selectors.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "def_abstract_functor.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 #define DEF(x) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoSelect<PyEO > > >(#x).def("__call__", &eoSelect<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF2(x, i1) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoSelect<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1>()[WC1] ).def("__call__", &eoSelect<PyEO>::operator())
 #define DEF3(x, i1, i2) class_<x<PyEO>, bases<eoSelect<PyEO > > >(#x, init<i1, i2 >()[WC1] ).def("__call__", &eoSelect<PyEO>::operator())
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/statistics.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/statistics.cpp
index 8dacf46e..9c436ba5 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/statistics.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/statistics.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "PyEO.h"
 #include "valueParam.h"
 
+using namespace boost::python;
+
 class StatBaseWrapper : public eoStatBase<PyEO> 
 {
     public:
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/test/test_breeders.py b/eo/src/pyeo/test/test_breeders.py
index fb8f19b7..5d3fc760 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/test/test_breeders.py
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/test/test_breeders.py
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ class TestBreeders(unittest.TestCase):
 	
 	pop = eoPop(50, Init(20))
 	evaluate = EvalFunc()
+	print 'HERE'	
 	for indy in pop: evaluate(indy)
-	
 	newpop = eoPop();
 
 	breed(pop,newpop)
@@ -18,13 +18,11 @@ class TestBreeders(unittest.TestCase):
 	print newpop.best()
 
     def testGeneralBreeder(self):
-	
 	seq = eoSequentialOp();
 	seq.add(Crossover(), 0.7)
 	seq.add(Mutate(), 0.1)
 
 	breed = eoGeneralBreeder(eoDetTournamentSelect(3), seq)
-
 	self.runtest(breed)
 
 def suite():
diff --git a/eo/src/pyeo/valueParam.cpp b/eo/src/pyeo/valueParam.cpp
index 86fd4fac..a9f5f310 100644
--- a/eo/src/pyeo/valueParam.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/pyeo/valueParam.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@
 #include "valueParam.h"
 #include <boost/python/detail/api_placeholder.hpp>
 
-
 using namespace boost::python;
 
 class ParamWrapper : public eoParam