diff --git a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup.hh b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup.hh
index d366f5d87a..006201c122 100644
--- a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup.hh
+++ b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup.hh
@@ -56,15 +56,16 @@ type_lookup(const Eolian_Type* type,
             lookup_table_type const& lut = type_lookup_table)
 {
    if (type == NULL) return { efl::eolian::void_type }; // XXX shouldn't
+   // assert(type != NULL);
 
    std::vector<Eolian_Type const*> types;
    types.push_back(type);
 
-   if (type_is_complex(*type))
+   if (::eolian_type_type_get(type) == EOLIAN_TYPE_POINTER && type_is_complex(*eolian_type_base_type_get(type)))
      {
         efl::eina::iterator<Eolian_Type const> end;
         efl::eina::iterator<Eolian_Type const> it
-          (::eolian_type_subtypes_get(type));
+          (::eolian_type_subtypes_get(eolian_type_base_type_get(type)));
         while(it != end)
           {
              if(Eolian_Type const* t = &*it)
diff --git a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup_table.cc b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup_table.cc
index 7c58618fba..2702225dd0 100644
--- a/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup_table.cc
+++ b/src/bin/eolian_cxx/type_lookup_table.cc
@@ -21,11 +21,12 @@ type_lookup_table
   {"Eina_List *", eolian_type::complex_, false, "efl::eina::range_list", {"eina-cxx/eina_list.hh"}},
   {"Eina_List *", eolian_type::complex_, true, "efl::eina::list", {"eina-cxx/eina_list.hh"}},
   {"Eo *", eolian_type::simple_, true, "efl::eo::base", {"eo_base.hh"}},
+  {"Eo *", eolian_type::simple_, false, "efl::eo::base", {"eo_base.hh"}},
   //{"Evas_Object_Box_Layout", eolian_type::callback_, {"Evas.h"}},
   {"Evas_Object *", eolian_type::simple_, false, "evas::object", {"canvas/evas_object.eo.hh"}},
   {"char *", eolian_type::simple_, true, "std::unique_ptr<char*>", {"memory"}},
   {"const Eina_Inlist *", eolian_type::complex_, false, "efl::eina::range_inlist", {"eina-cxx/eina_inlist.hh"}},
-  {"const Eina_List *", eolian_type::complex_, false, "efl::eina::range_list", {"eina-cxx/eina_ptrlist.hh"}},
+  {"const Eina_List *", eolian_type::complex_, false, "efl::eina::crange_list", {"eina-cxx/eina_ptrlist.hh"}},
   {"const char *", eolian_type::simple_, false, "std::string", {"string"}}
 };
 
diff --git a/src/bindings/eina_cxx/eina_list.hh b/src/bindings/eina_cxx/eina_list.hh
index 1a7aafbc07..b2b6745dc8 100644
--- a/src/bindings/eina_cxx/eina_list.hh
+++ b/src/bindings/eina_cxx/eina_list.hh
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ public:
   typedef typename _base_type::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
 
   list& operator=(list&& other) = default;
+  list(list&& other) = default;
+  list() = default;
 
   using _base_type::_base_type;
   using _base_type::clear;
@@ -437,25 +439,13 @@ public:
   typedef typename _base_type::const_pointer const_pointer;
   typedef typename _base_type::size_type size_type;
   typedef typename _base_type::difference_type difference_type;
-  typedef typename _base_type::clone_allocator_type clone_allocator_type;
 
   typedef typename _base_type::reverse_iterator reverse_iterator;
   typedef typename _base_type::const_reverse_iterator const_reverse_iterator;
 
-  range_list& operator=(range_list&& other) = default;
-
   using _base_type::_base_type;
-  using _base_type::clear;
   using _base_type::size;
   using _base_type::empty;
-  using _base_type::get_clone_allocator;
-  using _base_type::push_back;
-  using _base_type::push_front;
-  using _base_type::pop_back;
-  using _base_type::pop_front;
-  using _base_type::insert;
-  using _base_type::erase;
-  using _base_type::assign;
   using _base_type::back;
   using _base_type::front;
   using _base_type::begin;
@@ -466,21 +456,15 @@ public:
   using _base_type::cend;
   using _base_type::crbegin;
   using _base_type::crend;
-  using _base_type::ibegin;
-  using _base_type::iend;
-  using _base_type::cibegin;
-  using _base_type::ciend;
   using _base_type::swap;
-  using _base_type::max_size;
   using _base_type::native_handle;
-  using _base_type::accessor;
 };
 
 template <typename T>
 class range_list<T, typename std::enable_if<std::is_base_of<efl::eo::base, T>::value>::type>
-  : range_ptr_list<Eo>
+  : range_ptr_list<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<T>::value, Eo const, Eo>::type>
 {
-  typedef range_ptr_list<Eo> _base_type;
+  typedef range_ptr_list<typename std::conditional<std::is_const<T>::value, Eo const, Eo>::type> _base_type;
   typedef range_list<T> _self_type;
 public:
   typedef T value_type;
@@ -496,7 +480,9 @@ public:
   typedef std::reverse_iterator<iterator> reverse_iterator;
   typedef std::reverse_iterator<const_iterator> const_reverse_iterator;
 
-  explicit range_list(Eina_List* handle)
+  typedef typename _base_type::native_handle_type native_handle_type;
+
+  explicit range_list(native_handle_type handle)
     : _base_type(handle) {}
   range_list() {}
   range_list(range_list<T> const& other)
@@ -580,6 +566,9 @@ public:
     return rhs.size() == lhs.size() && std::equal(rhs.begin(), rhs.end(), lhs.begin());
   }
 };
+
+template <typename T>
+using crange_list = range_list<typename std::add_const<T>::type>;
     
 } }
 
diff --git a/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh b/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
index e7a7a3ee4f..3e1d88ba55 100644
--- a/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
+++ b/src/bindings/eo_cxx/eo_cxx_interop.hh
@@ -128,10 +128,10 @@ struct traits
 };
 
 template <typename T, typename ...Args>
-inline efl::eina::range_list<T>
+inline efl::eina::range_list<T const>
 to_cxx(const Eina_List* x, std::tuple<std::false_type, Args...>, tag< efl::eina::range_list<T> >)
 {
-   return efl::eina::list<T> {x};
+   return efl::eina::range_list<T const> {x};
 }
 
 template <typename T, typename ...Args>
diff --git a/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_types.hh b/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_types.hh
index 58d9fb4dbe..3ce3e0914a 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_types.hh
+++ b/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_types.hh
@@ -59,27 +59,6 @@ struct eolian_type
       assert(category == callback_);
    }
 
-   ~eolian_type() {}
-
-   eolian_type(eolian_type const& other)
-     : native(other.native)
-     , category(other.category)
-     , is_own(other.is_own)
-     , binding(other.binding)
-     , includes(other.includes)
-   {}
-
-   eolian_type&
-   operator=(eolian_type const& rhs)
-   {
-      native = rhs.native;
-      category = rhs.category;
-      is_own = rhs.is_own;
-      binding = rhs.binding;
-      includes = rhs.includes;
-      return *this;
-   }
-
    std::string native;
    category_type category;
    bool is_own;
diff --git a/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_validate.hh b/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_validate.hh
index bca15c6aff..027c8fced1 100644
--- a/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_validate.hh
+++ b/src/lib/eolian_cxx/eo_validate.hh
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 #include <cstdlib>
 #include "eo_types.hh"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 namespace efl { namespace eolian {
 
 inline bool
@@ -21,12 +23,16 @@ _is_valid(eolian_type_instance const& type)
 {
    // if (type.empty() || (*type.rbegin()).category == eolian_type::complex_)
    //   return false;
-   for (auto rit = ++type.rbegin(), last = type.rend(); rit != last; ++rit)
+   for (auto rit = type.rbegin(), last = type.rend(); rit != last; ++rit)
      {
-        if ((*rit).binding.empty() || (*rit).category != eolian_type::complex_)
-          return false;
-        else if (rit != type.rbegin() && (*rit).category != eolian_type::complex_)
-          return false;
+        if ((*rit).binding.empty() && (*rit).category == eolian_type::complex_)
+            return false;
+        // else if (rit != type.rbegin() && (*rit).category != eolian_type::complex_)
+        //   {
+        //     std::cout << "begin " << (rit != type.rbegin()) << std::endl;
+        //     std::cout << "category " << rit->category << std::endl;
+        //     return false;
+        //   }
      }
    return true;
 }