Index: src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision 214e8da33e6cb23acc53448d1c57eea90c6f03ae)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/AlternativeFinder.cc	(revision 630bcb5b65fad47e649d239d012759b8dfcb9f1a)
@@ -176,8 +176,18 @@
 						selected[ mangleName ] = current;
 					} else if ( candidate->cost == mapPlace->second.candidate->cost ) {
-						PRINT(
-							std::cerr << "marking ambiguous" << std::endl;
-						)
-						mapPlace->second.isAmbiguous = true;
+						// if one of the candidates contains a deleted identifier, can pick the other, since
+						// deleted expressions should not be ambiguous if there is another option that is at least as good
+						if ( findDeletedExpr( candidate->expr ) ) {
+							// do nothing
+							PRINT( std::cerr << "candidate is deleted" << std::endl; )
+						} else if ( findDeletedExpr( mapPlace->second.candidate->expr ) ) {
+							PRINT( std::cerr << "current is deleted" << std::endl; )
+							selected[ mangleName ] = current;
+						} else {
+							PRINT(
+								std::cerr << "marking ambiguous" << std::endl;
+							)
+							mapPlace->second.isAmbiguous = true;
+						}
 					} else {
 						PRINT(
@@ -611,6 +621,8 @@
 	ConstantExpr* getDefaultValue( Initializer* init ) {
 		if ( SingleInit* si = dynamic_cast<SingleInit*>( init ) ) {
-			if ( CastExpr* ce = dynamic_cast<CastExpr*>( si->get_value() ) ) {
-				return dynamic_cast<ConstantExpr*>( ce->get_arg() );
+			if ( CastExpr* ce = dynamic_cast<CastExpr*>( si->value ) ) {
+				return dynamic_cast<ConstantExpr*>( ce->arg );
+			} else {
+				return dynamic_cast<ConstantExpr*>( si->value );
 			}
 		}
@@ -1065,4 +1077,5 @@
 		funcFinder.findWithAdjustment( untypedExpr->function );
 		// if there are no function alternatives, then proceeding is a waste of time.
+		// xxx - findWithAdjustment throws, so this check and others like it shouldn't be necessary.
 		if ( funcFinder.alternatives.empty() ) return;
 
Index: src/ResolvExpr/Resolver.h
===================================================================
--- src/ResolvExpr/Resolver.h	(revision 214e8da33e6cb23acc53448d1c57eea90c6f03ae)
+++ src/ResolvExpr/Resolver.h	(revision 630bcb5b65fad47e649d239d012759b8dfcb9f1a)
@@ -36,4 +36,6 @@
 	void resolveCtorInit( ConstructorInit * ctorInit, const SymTab::Indexer & indexer );
 	void resolveStmtExpr( StmtExpr * stmtExpr, const SymTab::Indexer & indexer );
+	/// Searches expr and returns the first DeletedExpr found, otherwise nullptr
+	DeletedExpr * findDeletedExpr( Expression * expr );
 } // namespace ResolvExpr