diff --git a/llvm/mc/__init__.py b/llvm/mc/__init__.py
index 07b503e..0a7da1d 100644
--- a/llvm/mc/__init__.py
+++ b/llvm/mc/__init__.py
@@ -8,6 +8,45 @@ import contextlib
 from llvmpy import api
 from llvmpy.api.llvm import MCDisassembler
 
+class Operand(object):
+
+    def __init__(self, mcoperand, target_machine):
+        '''
+        @mcoperand: an MCOperand object
+        @target_machine: an llvm.target.TargetMachine object
+        '''
+
+        self.op = mcoperand
+        if not self.op:
+            raise llvm.LLVMException("null MCOperand argument")
+
+        self.tm = target_machine
+
+    def __repr__(self):
+        s = "invalid"
+        if self.op.isReg():
+            s = "reg(%s)" % (self.reg_name())
+        elif self.op.isImm():
+            s = "imm(0x%02x)" % (self.op.getImm())
+        elif self.op.isFPImm():
+            s = "imm(%r)" % (self.op.getFPImm())
+        elif self.op.isExpr():
+            s = "expr(%r)" % (self.op.getExpr().getKind())
+        elif self.op.isInst():
+            s = repr(Instr(self.op.getInst()))
+
+        return s
+
+    def reg_name(self):
+        if self.op.isReg():
+            s = self.tm.reg_info.getName(self.op.getReg())
+            if s.strip() == "":
+                return "?"
+            else:
+                return s
+        else:
+            return ""
+
 class Instr(object):
 
     def __init__(self, mcinst, target_machine):
@@ -35,7 +74,7 @@ class Instr(object):
 
         l = []
         for i in range(0, amt):
-            l.append(self.mcinst.getOperand(i))
+            l.append(Operand(self.mcinst.getOperand(i), self.tm))
 
         return l
 
@@ -56,15 +95,20 @@ class Disassembler(object):
         return self.tm.asm_info
 
     def instr(self, mcinst):
-        return Instr(mcinst, self)
+        return Instr(mcinst, self.tm)
 
     def bad_instr(self, mcinst):
-        return BadInstr(mcinst, self)
+        return BadInstr(mcinst, self.tm)
 
-    #decode some bytes into instructions. yields each instruction
-    #as it is decoded.
-    def decode(self, bs):
-        code = api.llvm.StringRefMemoryObject.new(bs, 0)
+    def decode(self, bs, addr):
+        '''
+        decodes some the bytes in @bs into instructions and yields
+        each instructionas it is decoded. @addr is the base address
+        where the instruction bytes are from (not an offset into
+        @bs)
+        '''
+
+        code = api.llvm.StringRefMemoryObject.new(bs, addr)
         idx = code.getBase()
         align = self.mai.getMinInstAlignment()
 
diff --git a/llvmpy/src/MC/__init__.py b/llvmpy/src/MC/__init__.py
index a7512c4..1da7b0e 100644
--- a/llvmpy/src/MC/__init__.py
+++ b/llvmpy/src/MC/__init__.py
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ class TargetSubtargetInfo:
 class MCExpr:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCExpr.h"
 
+    ExprKind = Enum('Binary', 'Constant', 'SymbolRef', 'Unary', 'Target')
+    getKind = Method(ExprKind)
+
 @MCOperand
 class MCOperand:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCInst.h"
@@ -44,8 +47,7 @@ class MCOperand:
     getImm = Method(cast(Int64, int))
     getFPImm = Method(cast(Double, float))
     getExpr = Method(const(ptr(MCExpr)))
-
-
+    
 @MCInst
 class MCInst:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCInst.h"
@@ -56,6 +58,8 @@ class MCInst:
 
     getOperand = Method(const(ref(MCOperand)), cast(int, Unsigned))
 
+MCOperand.getInst = Method(const(ptr(MCInst)))
+
 @MCAsmInfo
 class MCAsmInfo:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCAsmInfo.h"
@@ -68,6 +72,8 @@ class MCAsmInfo:
 class MCRegisterInfo:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCRegisterInfo.h"
 
+    getName = Method(cast(ConstCharPtr, str), cast(int, Unsigned))
+
 @MCInstrInfo
 class MCInstrInfo:
     _include_ = "llvm/MC/MCInstrInfo.h"
diff --git a/test/example-disassemble.py b/test/example-disassemble.py
index 71a2ec6..1ccfe05 100644
--- a/test/example-disassemble.py
+++ b/test/example-disassemble.py
@@ -8,32 +8,8 @@ if llvm.version >= (3, 4):
 
     llvm.target.initialize_all()
 
-    def op_str(op):
-       s = []
-       if op.isValid():
-           s.append("valid")
-       else:
-           s.append("invalid")
-
-       if op.isReg():
-           s.append("+reg(%d)" % op.getReg())
-   
-       if op.isImm():
-           s.append("+imm(%d)" % op.getImm())
-
-       if op.isFPImm():
-           s.append("+fp-imm(%f)" % op.getFPImm())
-
-       if op.isExpr():
-           s.append("+expr")
-
-       if op.isInst():
-           s.append("+inst")
-
-       return " ".join(s)
-
     def print_instructions(dasm, bs):
-        for (offset, inst) in dasm.decode(bs):
+        for (offset, inst) in dasm.decode(bs, 0):
             if inst is None:
                 print("\t%r=>(bad): 0, []" % (offset))
             else:
@@ -43,7 +19,7 @@ if llvm.version >= (3, 4):
                     print("\t%r=>%r: %r" % (offset, inst, len(inst)))
     
                 for op in inst.operands():
-                    print("\t\t%s" % op_str(op))
+                    print("\t\t%s" % repr(op))
 
 
     x86 = TargetMachine.x86()
diff --git a/test/testall.py b/test/testall.py
index 99cc2ac..25d319c 100644
--- a/test/testall.py
+++ b/test/testall.py
@@ -659,7 +659,7 @@ def do_llvm_mc():
     tm = TargetMachine.x86()
     dasm = mc.Disassembler(tm)
 
-    for (offset, instr) in dasm.decode("c3"):
+    for (offset, instr) in dasm.decode("c3", 0):
         pass
 
 def main():