diff --git a/Core/Tools/src/OutputDataReadStrategy.cpp b/Core/Tools/src/OutputDataReadStrategy.cpp
index a26135653d71fca22e04c98804cdfa5476f1e697..6b12e326070777ad859254f01b11425231ea1f51 100644
--- a/Core/Tools/src/OutputDataReadStrategy.cpp
+++ b/Core/Tools/src/OutputDataReadStrategy.cpp
@@ -67,8 +67,9 @@ OutputData<double > *OutputDataReadStreamIMA::readOutputData(std::istream &input
 
     while( std::getline(input_stream, sline))
     {
-        std::string str = Utils::String::round_doubles(sline, 10);
-        vdouble1d_t buff = Utils::String::parse_doubles(str);
+        //std::string str = Utils::String::round_doubles(sline, 10);
+        //vdouble1d_t buff = Utils::String::parse_doubles(str);
+        vdouble1d_t buff = Utils::String::parse_doubles(sline);
 
         buff_2d.push_back(buff);
     }
@@ -123,8 +124,8 @@ OutputData<double > *OutputDataReadStreamV1::readOutputData(std::istream &input_
     while( std::getline(input_stream, sline) )
     {
         if(sline[0] == '#') continue;
-        std::string str = Utils::String::round_doubles(sline, 10);
-        vdouble1d_t buff = Utils::String::parse_doubles(str);
+        //std::string str = Utils::String::round_doubles(sline, 10);
+        vdouble1d_t buff = Utils::String::parse_doubles(sline);
 
         if( buff_xaxis.empty() ) {
             buff_xaxis = buff;
diff --git a/Core/Tools/src/Utils.cpp b/Core/Tools/src/Utils.cpp
index 207ad3900bc8e3261a5f7b8ee156b7cd21ec3f03..1946b17b10d76349bb6431b32f2682394229dc65 100644
--- a/Core/Tools/src/Utils.cpp
+++ b/Core/Tools/src/Utils.cpp
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 #include <boost/regex.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/replace.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <string>
 
 #ifdef DEBUG_FPE
 #include <fenv.h>
@@ -36,11 +37,17 @@ vdouble1d_t Utils::String::parse_doubles(const std::string& str)
 {
     vdouble1d_t buff_1d;
     std::istringstream iss(str);
-    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<double>(iss),
-              std::istream_iterator<double>(), back_inserter(buff_1d));
+    std::string svalue;
+    while(iss >> svalue) {
+        buff_1d.push_back(std::strtod(svalue.c_str(), NULL));
+    }
+// approach below doesnt work under mac 10.6 for doubles like 4.3882628771e-313
+//    std::copy(std::istream_iterator<double>(iss),
+//              std::istream_iterator<double>(), back_inserter(buff_1d));
     if( buff_1d.empty() ) {
         std::cout << "OutputDataReadFileASCII::parse_doubles() -> "
             "Warning! No parsed values in 1d vector of doubles." << std::endl;
+        std::cout << "Line '" << str << "'" << std::endl;
     }
     return buff_1d;
 }
diff --git a/Fit/PythonAPI/src/IMinimizer.pypp.cpp b/Fit/PythonAPI/src/IMinimizer.pypp.cpp
index 2ca3a9995dccae2cfbe454093505fb843cb4be06..8159223e52499a60376110866692a1251c299cb6 100644
--- a/Fit/PythonAPI/src/IMinimizer.pypp.cpp
+++ b/Fit/PythonAPI/src/IMinimizer.pypp.cpp
@@ -35,18 +35,6 @@ struct IMinimizer_wrapper : IMinimizer, bp::wrapper< IMinimizer > {
         IMinimizer::clear( );
     }
 
-    virtual ::std::string getAlgorithmName(  ) const  {
-        if( bp::override func_getAlgorithmName = this->get_override( "getAlgorithmName" ) )
-            return func_getAlgorithmName(  );
-        else
-            return this->IMinimizer::getAlgorithmName(  );
-    }
-    
-    
-    ::std::string default_getAlgorithmName(  ) const  {
-        return IMinimizer::getAlgorithmName( );
-    }
-
     virtual double getErrorOfVariable( ::std::size_t arg0 ) const  {
         if( bp::override func_getErrorOfVariable = this->get_override( "getErrorOfVariable" ) )
             return func_getErrorOfVariable( arg0 );
@@ -83,18 +71,6 @@ struct IMinimizer_wrapper : IMinimizer, bp::wrapper< IMinimizer > {
         return IMinimizer::getMinValue( );
     }
 
-    virtual ::std::string getMinimizerName(  ) const  {
-        if( bp::override func_getMinimizerName = this->get_override( "getMinimizerName" ) )
-            return func_getMinimizerName(  );
-        else
-            return this->IMinimizer::getMinimizerName(  );
-    }
-    
-    
-    ::std::string default_getMinimizerName(  ) const  {
-        return IMinimizer::getMinimizerName( );
-    }
-
     virtual ::std::size_t getNCalls(  ) const  {
         if( bp::override func_getNCalls = this->get_override( "getNCalls" ) )
             return func_getNCalls(  );
@@ -226,17 +202,6 @@ void register_IMinimizer_class(){
                 , clear_function_type(&::IMinimizer::clear)
                 , default_clear_function_type(&IMinimizer_wrapper::default_clear) );
         
-        }
-        { //::IMinimizer::getAlgorithmName
-        
-            typedef ::std::string ( ::IMinimizer::*getAlgorithmName_function_type )(  ) const;
-            typedef ::std::string ( IMinimizer_wrapper::*default_getAlgorithmName_function_type )(  ) const;
-            
-            IMinimizer_exposer.def( 
-                "getAlgorithmName"
-                , getAlgorithmName_function_type(&::IMinimizer::getAlgorithmName)
-                , default_getAlgorithmName_function_type(&IMinimizer_wrapper::default_getAlgorithmName) );
-        
         }
         { //::IMinimizer::getErrorOfVariable
         
@@ -271,17 +236,6 @@ void register_IMinimizer_class(){
                 , getMinValue_function_type(&::IMinimizer::getMinValue)
                 , default_getMinValue_function_type(&IMinimizer_wrapper::default_getMinValue) );
         
-        }
-        { //::IMinimizer::getMinimizerName
-        
-            typedef ::std::string ( ::IMinimizer::*getMinimizerName_function_type )(  ) const;
-            typedef ::std::string ( IMinimizer_wrapper::*default_getMinimizerName_function_type )(  ) const;
-            
-            IMinimizer_exposer.def( 
-                "getMinimizerName"
-                , getMinimizerName_function_type(&::IMinimizer::getMinimizerName)
-                , default_getMinimizerName_function_type(&IMinimizer_wrapper::default_getMinimizerName) );
-        
         }
         { //::IMinimizer::getNCalls
         
diff --git a/Fit/PythonAPI/src/MinimizerOptions.pypp.cpp b/Fit/PythonAPI/src/MinimizerOptions.pypp.cpp
index f5102837bca21a738f397d30cd9752699c273ab9..37544e22ac7eb7fb2983529852d2a7dc818e936f 100644
--- a/Fit/PythonAPI/src/MinimizerOptions.pypp.cpp
+++ b/Fit/PythonAPI/src/MinimizerOptions.pypp.cpp
@@ -124,36 +124,6 @@ void register_MinimizerOptions_class(){
                 "getTolerance"
                 , getTolerance_function_type( &::MinimizerOptions::getTolerance ) );
         
-        }
-        { //::MinimizerOptions::getValue
-        
-            typedef void ( ::MinimizerOptions::*getValue_function_type )( ::std::string const &,int & ) ;
-            
-            MinimizerOptions_exposer.def( 
-                "getValue"
-                , getValue_function_type( &::MinimizerOptions::getValue )
-                , ( bp::arg("name"), bp::arg("val") ) );
-        
-        }
-        { //::MinimizerOptions::getValue
-        
-            typedef void ( ::MinimizerOptions::*getValue_function_type )( ::std::string const &,double & ) ;
-            
-            MinimizerOptions_exposer.def( 
-                "getValue"
-                , getValue_function_type( &::MinimizerOptions::getValue )
-                , ( bp::arg("name"), bp::arg("val") ) );
-        
-        }
-        { //::MinimizerOptions::getValue
-        
-            typedef void ( ::MinimizerOptions::*getValue_function_type )( ::std::string const &,::std::string & ) ;
-            
-            MinimizerOptions_exposer.def( 
-                "getValue"
-                , getValue_function_type( &::MinimizerOptions::getValue )
-                , ( bp::arg("name"), bp::arg("val") ) );
-        
         }
         { //::MinimizerOptions::print
         
diff --git a/dev-tools/python-bindings/MakePyFit.py b/dev-tools/python-bindings/MakePyFit.py
index a967f7f81e1950580f380c0389fb1e02b5cfc0e4..f1d13a512fe7dd14231e9a279a3c0b07a8ed7a79 100644
--- a/dev-tools/python-bindings/MakePyFit.py
+++ b/dev-tools/python-bindings/MakePyFit.py
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ def ManualClassTunings(mb):
     cl = mb.class_("IMinimizer")
     cl.member_function("setChiSquaredFunction").exclude()
     cl.member_function("setGradientFunction").exclude()
+    cl.member_function("getAlgorithmName").exclude() # temporarily due to compilation problems under MSVC
+    cl.member_function("getMinimizerName").exclude() # temporarily due to compilation problems under MSVC
     for fun in cl.member_functions():
         if "getOptions" in fun.name:
             if "::MinimizerOptions const & ( ::IMinimizer::* )(  ) const" in fun.decl_string:
@@ -110,6 +112,11 @@ def ManualClassTunings(mb):
     cl.member_function( "getMinimizer" ).call_policies = call_policies.return_value_policy( call_policies.reference_existing_object )
     cl.member_function( "setMinimizer" ).include()
 
+    cl = mb.class_("MinimizerOptions") # alternatively transformation can be used
+    for fun in cl.member_functions():
+        if "getValue" in fun.name:
+            fun.exclude()
+
     cl = mb.class_("IObserver")
     cl.member_function("update").include()