diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 73281e5..8929d19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ IF(MSVC)
     ADD_DEFINITIONS(/bigobj)
    ENDIF()
 ELSE()
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow) 
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall -Wextra -Wshadow -pedantic) 
 
   IF (APPLE)
     # -Wno-missing-field-initializers is for boost on macos
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 7fac714..86246db 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace chaiscript
         struct DLSym
         {
           DLSym(DLModule &t_mod, const std::string &t_symbol)
-            : m_symbol(reinterpret_cast<T>(dlsym(t_mod.m_data, t_symbol.c_str())))
+            : m_symbol(cast_symbol(dlsym(t_mod.m_data, t_symbol.c_str())))
           {
             if (!m_symbol)
             {
@@ -84,6 +84,19 @@ namespace chaiscript
             }
           }
 
+          static T cast_symbol(void *p)
+          {
+            union cast_union
+            {
+              T func_ptr;
+              void *in_ptr;
+            };
+
+            cast_union c;
+            c.in_ptr = p;
+            return c.func_ptr;
+          }
+
           T m_symbol;
         };
 
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/utility/utility.hpp b/include/chaiscript/utility/utility.hpp
index 80c8c5a..a87bbaf 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/utility/utility.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/utility/utility.hpp
@@ -49,10 +49,20 @@
     CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_METHODS((_module)(_class_name)(_class_name_translator)(_method_name_translator), _methods) \
   }
 
+#define CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_NO_CONSTRUCTOR_EX(_module, _class_name, _class_name_translator, _method_name_translator, _methods) \
+  { \
+    _module->add(chaiscript::user_type<_class_name>(), _class_name_translator (BOOST_PP_STRINGIZE(_class_name))); \
+    CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_METHODS((_module)(_class_name)(_class_name_translator)(_method_name_translator), _methods) \
+  }
+
 #define CHAISCRIPT_CLASS(_module, _class_name, _constructors, _methods) \
   CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_EX(_module, _class_name, chaiscript::utility::class_name_translator, \
       chaiscript::utility::method_name_translator, _constructors, _methods)
 
+#define CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_NO_CONSTRUCTOR(_module, _class_name, _methods) \
+  CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_NO_CONSTRUCTOR_EX(_module, _class_name, chaiscript::utility::class_name_translator, \
+      chaiscript::utility::method_name_translator, _methods)
+
 namespace chaiscript 
 {
   /// \brief Classes and functions which provide general utility to the end user.
diff --git a/src/reflection.cpp b/src/reflection.cpp
index 98f0dbb..813362f 100644
--- a/src/reflection.cpp
+++ b/src/reflection.cpp
@@ -52,9 +52,8 @@ CHAISCRIPT_MODULE_EXPORT  chaiscript::ModulePtr create_chaiscript_module_reflect
 
   chaiscript::bootstrap::standard_library::vector_type<std::vector<boost::shared_ptr<chaiscript::AST_Node> > >("AST_NodeVector", m);
 
-  CHAISCRIPT_CLASS( m,
+  CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_NO_CONSTRUCTOR( m,
       chaiscript::exception::eval_error,
-      ,
       ((reason))
       ((call_stack))
     );
@@ -67,9 +66,8 @@ CHAISCRIPT_MODULE_EXPORT  chaiscript::ModulePtr create_chaiscript_module_reflect
       ((column))
     );
 
-  CHAISCRIPT_CLASS( m, 
+  CHAISCRIPT_CLASS_NO_CONSTRUCTOR( m, 
       chaiscript::AST_Node,
-      ,
       ((text))
       ((identifier))
       ((filename))