diff --git a/brad/doc.omh b/brad/doc.omh
index 41067e0..4c499c9 100644
--- a/brad/doc.omh
+++ b/brad/doc.omh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ $hiliteseq%
 	%.%reverse%(%           reverse
 %$$
 
-$section pycppad-20090213: A Python Algorithm Derivative Package$$
+$section pycppad-20090512: A Python Algorithm Derivative Package$$
 
 $index AD, python$$
 $index python, AD$$
diff --git a/brad/omh/install.omh b/brad/omh/install.omh
index f0429ca..ef642f6 100644
--- a/brad/omh/install.omh
+++ b/brad/omh/install.omh
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 $begin install$$
 $dollar @$$
 $spell
+	numpy
 	usr
 	inplace
 	undef
@@ -27,13 +28,18 @@ $section Installing pycppad$$
 $index install, pycppad$$
 $index pycppad, install$$
 
+$head Requires$$
+This package requires the following other packages to be installed:
+Boost Python (development version),
+numpy.
+
 $head Downloading$$
 $index download, pycppad$$
 $index pycppad, download$$
 Download the file
 $href%
-	http://www.seanet.com/~bradbell/pycppad-20090213.tar.gz%
-	pycppad-20090213.tar.gz
+	http://www.seanet.com/~bradbell/pycppad-20090512.tar.gz%
+	pycppad-20090512.tar.gz
 %$$
 and store it on your machine.
 
@@ -44,14 +50,14 @@ $index extract, pycppad$$
 $index pycppad, extract$$
 On unix, you could use the command
 $codep
-	tar -xvzf  pycppad-20090213.tar.gz
+	tar -xvzf  pycppad-20090512.tar.gz
 $$
-which would create the directory $code pycppad-20090213$$.
+which would create the directory $code pycppad-20090512$$.
 
 $head Required Setup Information$$
 The value of the following setup variables, in the file
 $codep
-	pycppad-20090213/setup.py
+	pycppad-20090512/setup.py
 $$
 must be set to agree with your system:
 $code
@@ -64,7 +70,7 @@ properly set this information
 $head Building$$
 $index build, pycppad$$
 $index pycppad, build$$
-Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090213$$ and execute the command
+Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090512$$ and execute the command
 $codep
 	./setup.py build_ext --inplace --debug --undef NDEBUG
 $$
@@ -98,7 +104,7 @@ $index test, pycppad$$
 $index pycppad, test$$
 You can test of all the 
 $cref/examples/example/$$ in the $code pycppad$$ documentation.
-Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090213$$ and execute the command
+Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090512$$ and execute the command
 $codep
 	python test_example.py
 $$
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ You may or may not preform this step:
 $pre
 
 $$
-Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090213$$ and execute the command
+Change into the directory $code pycppad-20090512$$ and execute the command
 $codei%
 	python setup.py install --prefix=%prefix%
 %$$
@@ -134,7 +140,7 @@ an uninstall command. You can uninstall the $code pycppad$$ package
 by removing the entries
 $codei%
 	%prefix%/lib/python%major%.%minor%/site-packages/pycppad
-	%prefix%/lib/python%major%.%minor%/site-packages/pycppad-20090213.egg-info
+	%prefix%/lib/python%major%.%minor%/site-packages/pycppad-20090512.egg-info
 	%prefix%/share/doc/pycppad
 %$$
 where $icode major$$ and $icode minor$$
@@ -152,7 +158,7 @@ $codei%
 %$$
 unless the distribution directory
 $codep
-	pycppad-20090213
+	pycppad-20090512
 $$
 or (provided you installed $code pycppad$$) the installation directory
 $codei%
@@ -174,7 +180,7 @@ $codei%
 $head pycppad Documentation$$
 The documentation for $code pycppad$$ starts out in the directory
 $codep
-	pycppad-20090213/doc
+	pycppad-20090512/doc
 $$
 During the installation process, it is copied to the directory
 $codei%
diff --git a/brad/pycppad/__init__.py b/brad/pycppad/__init__.py
index a91db13..030e14a 100644
--- a/brad/pycppad/__init__.py
+++ b/brad/pycppad/__init__.py
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ def ad(x) :
   (AD level 1).  If x is an a_float (AD level 1), ad(x) is an a2float 
   (AD level 2).  Higher AD levels for the argument x are not yet supported.
   """
-  if isinstance(x, int) or isinstance(x, float) :
+  if isinstance(x, int) :
+    return a_float( float(x) )
+  elif isinstance(x, float) :
     return a_float(x)
   elif isinstance(x, a_float) :
     return a2float(x)
diff --git a/brad/setup.template b/brad/setup.template
index 77781be..9728836 100644
--- a/brad/setup.template
+++ b/brad/setup.template
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# The code below is included verbatim in omh/install.omh
 # BEGIN USER SETTINGS
-boost_lib_dir = '/usr/lib' # Directory where boost::python library is located
-boost_python_lib  = 'boost_python' # name of the library in that directory
+# Directory where Boost Python library is located
+boost_python_lib_dir = '/usr/lib' 
+# The name of the Boost Python library in that directory which must
+# begin with 'lib' and end with '.so'.
+boost_python_lib_name  = 'libboost_python-py26.so' 
 # END USER SETTINGS
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # See http://docs.python.org/distutils/setupscript.html
@@ -28,20 +32,23 @@ else :
     exit(1)
 cppad_include_dir = cppad_parent_dir + '/' + cppad_dir
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-
+import re
 import os
 import sys
 from distutils.core import setup, Extension
 from numpy.distutils.misc_util import get_numpy_include_dirs
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
-boost_python_lib_path = boost_lib_dir + '/lib' + boost_python_lib + '.so'
+m = re.search('lib([a-zA-Z0-9_-]+)[.]so', boost_python_lib_name)
+if m == None :
+  print 'boost_python_lib_name must begin with \'lib\' and end with \'.so\''
+boost_python_lib = m.group(1)
+boost_python_lib_path = boost_python_lib_dir + boost_python_lib_name
 if not os.access ( boost_python_lib_path , os.R_OK ) :
-  print 'Cannot find the boost::python library'
-  print boost_python_lib_path
+  print 'Cannot find the Boost Python library.'
   print 'Use the following web page for information about boost::python'
   print 'http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_37_0/libs/python/doc/index.html'
-  print 'Make sure that boost_lib_dir and boost_python_lib are set correctly'
-  print 'at the beginnin of the file setup.py'
+  print 'Make sure that boost_python_lib_dir and boost_python_lib_name'
+  print 'are set correctly at the beginnin of the file setup.py'
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # set cppad_include_dir
 build_source_dist = False
@@ -81,7 +88,7 @@ package_license        = 'BSD'
 cppad_extension_name         = 'pycppad' + '/cppad_'
 cppad_extension_include_dirs = get_numpy_include_dirs()
 cppad_extension_include_dirs.append( cppad_include_dir )
-cppad_extension_library_dirs = [ boost_lib_dir ]
+cppad_extension_library_dirs = [ boost_python_lib_dir ]
 cppad_extension_libraries    = [ boost_python_lib ]
 cppad_extension_sources      = [ 
   'pycppad' + '/adfun.cpp'       ,