diff --git a/lib-ceramic/core/operators/operators.crm b/lib-ceramic/core/operators/operators.crm
index 1861a11f7..78e6a4e0a 100644
--- a/lib-ceramic/core/operators/operators.crm
+++ b/lib-ceramic/core/operators/operators.crm
@@ -121,11 +121,13 @@ forceinline overload assign(ref dest:T, ref src:T) : {
 forceinline default resetUnsafe(src:T) { src <-- T(); }
 
 [F when Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline default updateAssign(#F, ref dest, forward ..src) : {
     dest = infixOperator(dest,F, ..src);
 }
 
 [F when Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload prefixUpdateAssign(#F, ref dest, forward ..src) : {
     dest = prefixOperator(F, dest, ..src);
 }
@@ -148,31 +150,37 @@ forceinline overload (|)(a, b, c, ..rest) = (|)((|)(a, b), c, ..rest);
 forceinline overload (~)(a, b, c, ..rest) = (~)((~)(a, b), c, ..rest);
 
 [FIELD]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload fieldRefAssign(dest, #FIELD, forward src) : {
     assign(fieldRef(dest, #FIELD), src);
 }
 
 [F, FIELD when Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload fieldRefUpdateAssign(#F, dest, #FIELD, forward ..src) : {
     updateAssign(#F, fieldRef(dest, #FIELD), ..src);
 }
 
 [F, FIELD, T when RValue?(fieldRef(typeToLValue(T), #FIELD)) and Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload fieldRefUpdateAssign(#F, dest:T, #FIELD, forward src) : {
     fieldRefAssign(dest, #FIELD, F(fieldRef(dest, #FIELD), src));
 }
 
 [i]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload staticIndexAssign(dest, #i, forward src) : {
     assign(staticIndex(dest, #i), src);
 }
 
 [F, i when Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload staticIndexUpdateAssign(#F, dest, #i, forward ..src) : {
     updateAssign(#F, staticIndex(dest, #i), ..src);
 }
 
 [F, i, T when RValue?(staticIndex(typeToLValue(T), #i)) and Operator?(F)]
+[[transparent]]
 forceinline overload staticIndexUpdateAssign(#F, dest:T, #i, forward src) : {
     staticIndexAssign(dest, #i, F(staticIndex(dest, #i), src));
 }
@@ -249,9 +257,9 @@ BinaryOpDefined?(OP,T,U) : Bool = Operator?(OP) and not Variant?(OP) and not Rec
 CompareOpDefined?(OP,T,U) : Bool = Operator?(OP) and not Variant?(OP) and not Record?(OP) 
     and CallDefined?(OP,T,U) and staticEquals?(CallOutputTypes(OP,T,U),Bool); 
 
-[OP when Operator?(OP)] forceinline default prefixOperator(#OP, forward ..xs)
+[OP when Operator?(OP)] [[transparent]] forceinline default prefixOperator(#OP, forward ..xs)
     = forward OP(..prefixOperator(..xs));
-[OP when Operator?(OP)] forceinline overload prefixOperator(#OP, forward x) 
+[OP when Operator?(OP)] [[transparent]] forceinline overload prefixOperator(#OP, forward x)
     = forward ..OP(x);
 
 alias LEFT = 0;
@@ -423,12 +431,14 @@ forceinline overload evalBool(#OP, y, #OP2, z, ..x) : Bool
 forceinline overload evalBool(#OP, x, y) : Bool = OP(x, y);
 
 [..T]
-forceinline default infixOperator(forward ..args:T) 
+[[transparent]]
+forceinline default infixOperator(forward ..args:T)
     = forward ..evalBool(..evalPolish(
         ..infixToPolish(#countValues(..T), #0, #0, ..reverseValues(..args))));
 
 [OP when Operator?(OP)]
-forceinline default infixOperator(forward a, #OP, forward b) 
+[[transparent]]
+forceinline default infixOperator(forward a, #OP, forward b)
     = forward ..OP(a,b);
 
 
@@ -510,8 +520,8 @@ alias overload ifExpression(condition, ref consequent:T, ref alternate:T) : ByRe
         return ref alternate;
 }
 
-alias overload ifExpression(#true, consequent, alternate) = forward consequent;
-alias overload ifExpression(#false, consequent, alternate) = forward alternate;
+[[transparent]] alias overload ifExpression(#true, consequent, alternate) = forward consequent;
+[[transparent]] alias overload ifExpression(#false, consequent, alternate) = forward alternate;
 
 
 [consequent, alternate when StringLiteral?(consequent) and StringLiteral?(alternate)]
diff --git a/lib-ceramic/math/native/sqrt.x86.crm b/lib-ceramic/math/native/sqrt.x86.crm
index 752d026aa..fee0879dd 100644
--- a/lib-ceramic/math/native/sqrt.x86.crm
+++ b/lib-ceramic/math/native/sqrt.x86.crm
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ import math.native.protocol.*;
 import complex.*;
 import numbers.floats.(nan,infinity,infinity?,nan?,signbit);
 
-import __intrinsics__.(x86_sse2_sqrt_sd as x86_sqrtsd);
+import __intrinsics__.(sqrt as llvm_sqrt);
 
 [T when Float?(T) ]
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:T) = T(x86_sqrtsd(Vec[Double,2](Double(x),0.))[0]);
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:T) = T(llvm_sqrt(Double(x)));
 
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:Double) = x86_sqrtsd(Vec[Double,2](x,0.))[0];
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:Double) = llvm_sqrt(x);
 
 [I when Imaginary?(I) ]
 forceinline overload sqrt(z:I) = sqrt(Complex(z));
diff --git a/lib-ceramic/math/simd/simd.x86.crm b/lib-ceramic/math/simd/simd.x86.crm
index 55d52f9cb..9ce87580e 100644
--- a/lib-ceramic/math/simd/simd.x86.crm
+++ b/lib-ceramic/math/simd/simd.x86.crm
@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
 import simd.*;
-public import math.native.defines.(sqrt);
-
-define hadd;
-define hsub;
-define movemask;
-define compare;
-
-alias VD2 = Vec[Double, 2];
-alias V2[T] = Vec[T, 2];
-
+public import math.native.protocol.(sqrt);
 import __intrinsics__.(
-    x86_sse2_div_sd as x86_divsd,
     x86_sse2_max_sd as x86_maxsd,
     x86_sse2_min_sd as x86_minsd,
-    x86_sse2_mul_sd as x86_mulsd,
-    x86_sse2_sub_sd as x86_subsd,
     x86_sse2_ucomieq_sd as x86_ucomieqsd,
     x86_sse2_ucomige_sd as x86_ucomigesd,
     x86_sse2_ucomigt_sd as x86_ucomigtsd,
     x86_sse2_ucomile_sd as x86_ucomilesd,
     x86_sse2_ucomilt_sd as x86_ucomiltsd,
     x86_sse2_ucomineq_sd as x86_ucomineqsd,
-    x86_sse2_add_sd as x86_addsd,
-    x86_sse2_sqrt_pd as x86_sqrtpd,
-    x86_sse2_sqrt_sd as x86_sqrtsd,
     x86_sse3_hadd_ps as x86_haddps,
     x86_sse3_hsub_ps as x86_hsubps,
     x86_sse3_hadd_pd as x86_haddpd,
@@ -31,17 +16,26 @@ import __intrinsics__.(
     x86_sse2_cmp_pd as x86_cmppd,
     x86_sse2_cmp_sd as x86_cmpsd,
     x86_sse2_movmsk_pd as x86_movmskpd,
+    sqrt as llvm_sqrt,
 );
 
+define hadd;
+define hsub;
+define movemask;
+define compare;
+
+alias VD2 = Vec[Double, 2];
+alias V2[T] = Vec[T, 2];
+
 [T,U when Numeric?(T,U)]
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:T,y:U) = ..unpackVec(x86_sqrtpd(Vec(Double(x),Double(y))));
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:T,y:U) = ..unpackVec(llvm_sqrt(Vec(Double(x),Double(y))));
 
 [T when Numeric?(T)]
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:T) = T(x86_sqrtsd(Vec(Double(x),0.))[0]);
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:Double) = x86_sqrtsd(Vec(x,0.))[0];
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:T) = T(llvm_sqrt(Double(x)));
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:Double) = llvm_sqrt(x);
 
 [T when Numeric?(T)]
-forceinline overload sqrt(x:V2[T]) = V2[T](x86_sqrtpd(VD2(x)));
+forceinline overload sqrt(x:V2[T]) = V2[T](llvm_sqrt(VD2(x)));
 
 
 [T when Numeric?(T)]
diff --git a/lib-ceramic/numbers/parser/parser.crm b/lib-ceramic/numbers/parser/parser.crm
index 856371def..3bfc40450 100644
--- a/lib-ceramic/numbers/parser/parser.crm
+++ b/lib-ceramic/numbers/parser/parser.crm
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ overload ConvFuncForType(#T) = ConvFuncForType(ImagBaseType(T));
 [T, S when Numeric?(T) and String?(S)]
 define parse(#T, s:S): T;
 
+[N, S when Numeric?(N) and String?(S)]
+forceinline overload N(s:S) = parse(N, s);
+
 
 [S, IntType when String?(S) and Integer?(IntType)]
 overload parse(#IntType, s:S) {
diff --git a/test/lib-ceramic/llvm/intrinsics/sse/1/main.crm b/test/lib-ceramic/llvm/intrinsics/sse/1/main.crm
index 4cc1dd2c5..af49700fd 100644
--- a/test/lib-ceramic/llvm/intrinsics/sse/1/main.crm
+++ b/test/lib-ceramic/llvm/intrinsics/sse/1/main.crm
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import printer.(println);
 import simd.*;
 import libc.(printf);
-import __intrinsics__.(x86_sse2_sqrt_pd as x86_sqrtpd);
+import __intrinsics__.(sqrt as llvm_sqrt);
 
 main() {
-    println(x86_sqrtpd(Vec[Double,2](4.0)));
+    println(llvm_sqrt(Vec[Double,2](4.0)));
 }
diff --git a/test/runtests.py b/test/runtests.py
index 133a94079..9cddec8a7 100755
--- a/test/runtests.py
+++ b/test/runtests.py
@@ -360,6 +360,7 @@ def runtest(self):
             self.cmdline(self.opt.ceramicCompiler),
             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+            text=True,
         )
         compilerout, compilererr = process.communicate()
         if process.returncode != 0:
@@ -374,7 +375,7 @@ def runtest(self):
             ] + self.opt.testBuildFlags
 
         process = subprocess.Popen(
-            commandline, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE
+            commandline, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, text=True
         )
         resultout, resulterr = process.communicate()
         self.removefile(outfilename)
@@ -426,10 +427,10 @@ def match(self, resultout, resulterr, returncode):
 
 
 def findTestCase(opt, folder, base=None):
-    testPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "test", "ceramic")
-    mainPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "main", "ceramic")
-    testDisabledPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "test-disabled", "ceramic")
-    mainDisabledPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "main-disabled", "ceramic")
+    testPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "test", "crm")
+    mainPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "main", "crm")
+    testDisabledPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "test-disabled", "crm")
+    mainDisabledPath = fileForPlatform(opt, folder, "main-disabled", "crm")
     if os.path.isfile(testPath):
         TestModuleCase(opt, folder, testPath, base)
     elif os.path.isfile(testDisabledPath):