diff --git a/pybindgen/cppclass.py b/pybindgen/cppclass.py
index 848a280..38cf533 100644
--- a/pybindgen/cppclass.py
+++ b/pybindgen/cppclass.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import warnings
 
 from typehandlers.base import ForwardWrapperBase, ReverseWrapperBase, Parameter, ReturnValue, \
     join_ctype_and_name, CodeGenerationError, TypeConfigurationError, \
-    param_type_matcher, return_type_matcher
+    param_type_matcher, return_type_matcher, CodegenErrorBase
 
 from typehandlers.codesink import NullCodeSink, MemoryCodeSink
 
@@ -1099,10 +1099,17 @@ typedef struct {
             self.constructors_overload = overload
             overload.pystruct = self.pystruct
             for constructor in self.constructors:
-                overload.add(constructor)
-            overload.generate(code_sink)
-            constructor = overload.wrapper_function_name
-            code_sink.writeln()
+                try:
+                    overload.add(constructor)
+                except CodegenErrorBase:
+                    continue
+            if overload.wrappers:
+                overload.generate(code_sink)
+                constructor = overload.wrapper_function_name
+                code_sink.writeln()
+            else:
+                constructor = None
+                have_constructor = False
         else:
             ## In C++, and unlike Python, constructors with
             ## parameters are not automatically inheritted by
diff --git a/pybindgen/overloading.py b/pybindgen/overloading.py
index b34c621..10a1b2e 100644
--- a/pybindgen/overloading.py
+++ b/pybindgen/overloading.py
@@ -68,17 +68,18 @@ class OverloadedWrapper(object):
                 assert flags == existing_flags
 
         if flags is not None and (flags != set(wrapper.get_py_method_def_flags())):
-            if (set(['METH_KEYWORDS', 'METH_VARARGS']).issubset(set(wrapper.get_py_method_def_flags()))
-                and not set(['METH_KEYWORDS', 'METH_VARARGS']).issubset(existing_flags)):
-                ## Try to coerce existing wrappers into
-                ## METH_KEYWORDS|METH_VARARGS mode, then try again
-                modified = False
-                for existing_wrapper in self.wrappers:
-                    if existing_wrapper.force_parse != ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS:
-                        existing_wrapper.force_parse = ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS
-                        modified = True
-                if modified:
-                    return self.add(wrapper)
+            ## Try to coerce all wrappers into
+            ## METH_KEYWORDS|METH_VARARGS mode, then try again
+            modified = False
+            if wrapper.force_parse != ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS:
+                wrapper.force_parse = ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS
+                modified = True
+            for existing_wrapper in self.wrappers:
+                if existing_wrapper.force_parse != ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS:
+                    existing_wrapper.force_parse = ForwardWrapperBase.PARSE_TUPLE_AND_KEYWORDS
+                    modified = True
+            if modified:
+                return self.add(wrapper)
             raise NotSupportedError("attempting to overload methods of different kinds"
                                     " (adding %r vs existing %r)" %
                                     (set(wrapper.get_py_method_def_flags()), flags))
diff --git a/pybindgen/typehandlers/base.py b/pybindgen/typehandlers/base.py
index 4625502..cb11e82 100644
--- a/pybindgen/typehandlers/base.py
+++ b/pybindgen/typehandlers/base.py
@@ -847,12 +847,14 @@ class ForwardWrapperBase(object):
 
         tmp_sink = codesink.NullCodeSink()
         try:
-            try:
-                self.generate_body(tmp_sink)
-            except CodegenErrorBase:
-                return []
-            else:
-                return list(set(self.meth_flags))
+#             try:
+#                 self.generate_body(tmp_sink)
+#             except CodegenErrorBase:
+#                 return []
+#             else:
+#                 return list(set(self.meth_flags))
+            self.generate_body(tmp_sink)
+            return list(set(self.meth_flags))
         finally:
             self.reset_code_generation_state()