diff --git a/src/shogun/io/SerializableAsciiReader00.cpp b/src/shogun/io/SerializableAsciiReader00.cpp
index 6a2c479d43f..f74ae1b5fd9 100644
--- a/src/shogun/io/SerializableAsciiReader00.cpp
+++ b/src/shogun/io/SerializableAsciiReader00.cpp
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ SerializableAsciiReader00::read_scalar_wrapped(
 		float64_t c_real, c_imag;
 		if (fscanf(m_file->m_fstream, "(%lg,%lg)", &c_real, &c_imag) 
 			!= 2) return false;
-		((complex64_t*) param)->real(c_real);
-		((complex64_t*) param)->imag(c_imag);
+		((complex64_t*) param)->real()=c_real;
+		((complex64_t*) param)->imag()=c_imag;
 		break;
 	case PT_SGOBJECT:
 		SG_ERROR("read_scalar_wrapped(): Implementation error during"
diff --git a/src/shogun/io/SerializableXmlReader00.cpp b/src/shogun/io/SerializableXmlReader00.cpp
index e1e8d93fe3f..5bc16c57f80 100644
--- a/src/shogun/io/SerializableXmlReader00.cpp
+++ b/src/shogun/io/SerializableXmlReader00.cpp
@@ -95,8 +95,8 @@ SerializableXmlReader00::read_scalar_wrapped(
 		float64_t c_real, c_imag;
 		if (sscanf(buf, "(%lg,%lg)", &c_real, &c_imag) != 2)
 			result = false;
-		((complex64_t*) param)->real(c_real);
-		((complex64_t*) param)->imag(c_imag);
+		((complex64_t*) param)->real()=c_real;
+		((complex64_t*) param)->imag()=c_imag;
 		break;
 	case PT_SGOBJECT:
 		SG_ERROR("read_scalar_wrapped(): Implementation error during"