diff --git a/graph.go b/graph.go
index d33c7ec8..74baba04 100644
--- a/graph.go
+++ b/graph.go
@@ -120,3 +120,6 @@ type DStarGraph interface {
 	Move(target Node)
 	ChangedEdges() (newCostFunc func(Node, Node) float64, changedEdges []Edge)
 }
+
+// A function that returns the cost from one node to another
+type CostFun func(Node, Node) float64
diff --git a/search/graphSearch.go b/search/graphSearch.go
index ecea06d8..03aa8ef1 100644
--- a/search/graphSearch.go
+++ b/search/graphSearch.go
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ import (
 // To run Uniform Cost Search, run A* with the NullHeuristic
 //
 // To run Breadth First Search, run A* with both the NullHeuristic and UniformCost (or any cost function that returns a uniform positive value)
-func AStar(start, goal gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost, HeuristicCost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (path []gr.Node, cost float64, nodesExpanded int) {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, Cost, HeuristicCost := setupFuncs(graph, Cost, HeuristicCost)
+func AStar(start, goal gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, cost, heuristicCost gr.CostFun) (path []gr.Node, pathCost float64, nodesExpanded int) {
+	sf := setupFuncs(graph, cost, heuristicCost)
+	successors, cost, heuristicCost := sf.successors, sf.cost, sf.heuristicCost
 
 	closedSet := make(map[int]internalNode)
 	openSet := &aStarPriorityQueue{nodes: make([]internalNode, 0), indexList: make(map[int]int)}
 	heap.Init(openSet)
-	node := internalNode{start, 0, HeuristicCost(start, goal)}
+	node := internalNode{start, 0, heuristicCost(start, goal)}
 	heap.Push(openSet, node)
 	predecessor := make(map[int]gr.Node)
 
@@ -56,15 +57,15 @@ func AStar(start, goal gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost, HeuristicCost func(gr.Node
 				continue
 			}
 
-			g := curr.gscore + Cost(curr.Node, neighbor)
+			g := curr.gscore + cost(curr.Node, neighbor)
 
 			if existing, exists := openSet.Find(neighbor.ID()); !exists {
 				predecessor[neighbor.ID()] = curr
-				node = internalNode{neighbor, g, g + HeuristicCost(neighbor, goal)}
+				node = internalNode{neighbor, g, g + heuristicCost(neighbor, goal)}
 				heap.Push(openSet, node)
 			} else if g < existing.gscore {
 				predecessor[neighbor.ID()] = curr
-				openSet.Fix(neighbor.ID(), g, g+HeuristicCost(neighbor, goal))
+				openSet.Fix(neighbor.ID(), g, g+heuristicCost(neighbor, goal))
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -89,8 +90,10 @@ func BreadthFirstSearch(start, goal gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) ([]gr.Node, int) {
 // Like A*, Dijkstra's Algorithm likely won't run correctly with negative edge weights -- use Bellman-Ford for that instead
 //
 // Dijkstra's algorithm usually only returns a cost map, however, since the data is available this version will also reconstruct the path to every node
-func Dijkstra(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (paths map[int][]gr.Node, costs map[int]float64) {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, Cost, _ := setupFuncs(graph, Cost, nil)
+func Dijkstra(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, cost gr.CostFun) (paths map[int][]gr.Node, costs map[int]float64) {
+
+	sf := setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil)
+	successors, cost := sf.successors, sf.cost
 
 	nodes := graph.NodeList()
 	openSet := &aStarPriorityQueue{nodes: make([]internalNode, 0), indexList: make(map[int]int)}
@@ -111,7 +114,7 @@ func Dijkstra(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float6
 		closedSet.Add(node.ID())
 
 		for _, neighbor := range successors(node) {
-			tmpCost := costs[node.ID()] + Cost(node, neighbor)
+			tmpCost := costs[node.ID()] + cost(node, neighbor)
 			if cost, ok := costs[neighbor.ID()]; !ok {
 				costs[neighbor.ID()] = tmpCost
 				predecessor[neighbor.ID()] = node
@@ -140,8 +143,9 @@ func Dijkstra(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float6
 //
 // Like Dijkstra's, along with the costs this implementation will also construct all the paths for you. In addition, it has a third return value which will be true if the algorithm was aborted
 // due to the presence of a negative edge weight cycle.
-func BellmanFord(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (paths map[int][]gr.Node, costs map[int]float64, err error) {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, Cost, _ := setupFuncs(graph, Cost, nil)
+func BellmanFord(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, cost gr.CostFun) (paths map[int][]gr.Node, costs map[int]float64, err error) {
+	sf := setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil)
+	successors, cost := sf.successors, sf.cost
 
 	predecessor := make(map[int]gr.Node)
 	costs = make(map[int]float64)
@@ -155,7 +159,7 @@ func BellmanFord(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) flo
 			nodeIDMap[node.ID()] = node
 			succs := successors(node)
 			for _, succ := range succs {
-				weight := Cost(node, succ)
+				weight := cost(node, succ)
 				nodeIDMap[succ.ID()] = succ
 
 				if dist := costs[node.ID()] + weight; dist < costs[succ.ID()] {
@@ -169,7 +173,7 @@ func BellmanFord(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) flo
 
 	for _, node := range nodes {
 		for _, succ := range successors(node) {
-			weight := Cost(node, succ)
+			weight := cost(node, succ)
 			if costs[node.ID()]+weight < costs[succ.ID()] {
 				return nil, nil, errors.New("Negative edge cycle detected")
 			}
@@ -195,8 +199,10 @@ func BellmanFord(source gr.Node, graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) flo
 //
 // Its return values are, in order: a map from the source node, to the destination node, to the path between them; a map from the source node, to the destination node, to the cost of the path between them;
 // and a bool that is true if Bellman-Ford detected a negative edge weight cycle -- thus causing it (and this algorithm) to abort (if aborted is true, both maps will be nil).
-func Johnson(graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (nodePaths map[int]map[int][]gr.Node, nodeCosts map[int]map[int]float64, err error) {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, Cost, _ := setupFuncs(graph, Cost, nil)
+func Johnson(graph gr.Graph, cost gr.CostFun) (nodePaths map[int]map[int][]gr.Node, nodeCosts map[int]map[int]float64, err error) {
+	sf := setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil)
+	successors, cost := sf.successors, sf.cost
+
 	/* Copy graph into a mutable one since it has to be altered for this algorithm */
 	dummyGraph := concrete.NewGonumGraph(true)
 	for _, node := range graph.NodeList() {
@@ -204,12 +210,12 @@ func Johnson(graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (nodePaths map
 		if !dummyGraph.NodeExists(node) {
 			dummyGraph.AddNode(node, neighbors)
 			for _, neighbor := range neighbors {
-				dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, neighbor}, Cost(node, neighbor))
+				dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, neighbor}, cost(node, neighbor))
 			}
 		} else {
 			for _, neighbor := range neighbors {
 				dummyGraph.AddEdge(concrete.GonumEdge{node, neighbor})
-				dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, neighbor}, Cost(node, neighbor))
+				dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, neighbor}, cost(node, neighbor))
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -229,7 +235,7 @@ func Johnson(graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (nodePaths map
 	/* Step 3: reweight the graph and remove the dummy node */
 	for _, node := range graph.NodeList() {
 		for _, succ := range successors(node) {
-			dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, succ}, Cost(node, succ)+costs[node.ID()]-costs[succ.ID()])
+			dummyGraph.SetEdgeCost(concrete.GonumEdge{node, succ}, cost(node, succ)+costs[node.ID()]-costs[succ.ID()])
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -249,7 +255,9 @@ func Johnson(graph gr.Graph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (nodePaths map
 // Expands the first node it sees trying to find the destination. Depth First Search is *not* guaranteed to find the shortest path,
 // however, if a path exists DFS is guaranteed to find it (provided you don't find a way to implement a Graph with an infinite depth)
 func DepthFirstSearch(start, goal gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) []gr.Node {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, _, _ := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	sf := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	successors := sf.successors
+
 	closedSet := set.NewSet()
 	openSet := xifo.GonumStack([]interface{}{start})
 	predecessor := make(map[int]gr.Node)
@@ -299,7 +307,8 @@ func CopyGraph(dst gr.MutableGraph, src gr.Graph) {
 	dst.EmptyGraph()
 	dst.SetDirected(false)
 
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, cost, _ := setupFuncs(src, nil, nil)
+	sf := setupFuncs(src, nil, nil)
+	successors, cost := sf.successors, sf.cost
 
 	for _, node := range src.NodeList() {
 		succs := successors(node)
@@ -335,7 +344,7 @@ func Tarjan(graph gr.Graph) (sccs [][]gr.Node) {
 	lowlinks := make(map[int]int, len(nodes))
 	indices := make(map[int]int, len(nodes))
 
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, _, _ := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	successors := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil).successors
 
 	var strongconnect func(gr.Node) []gr.Node
 
@@ -384,7 +393,8 @@ func Tarjan(graph gr.Graph) (sccs [][]gr.Node) {
 //
 // Special case: a nil or zero length path is considered valid (true), a path of length 1 (only one node) is the trivial case, but only if the node listed in path exists.
 func IsPath(path []gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) bool {
-	_, _, _, isSuccessor, _, _, _, _ := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	isSuccessor := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil).isSuccessor
+
 	if path == nil || len(path) == 0 {
 		return true
 	} else if len(path) == 1 {
@@ -405,14 +415,9 @@ func IsPath(path []gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) bool {
 // Generates a minimum spanning tree with sets.
 //
 // As with other algorithms that use Cost, the order of precedence is Argument > Interface > UniformCost
-func Prim(dst gr.MutableGraph, graph gr.EdgeListGraph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) {
-	if Cost == nil {
-		if cgraph, ok := graph.(gr.Coster); ok {
-			Cost = cgraph.Cost
-		} else {
-			Cost = UniformCost
-		}
-	}
+func Prim(dst gr.MutableGraph, graph gr.EdgeListGraph, cost gr.CostFun) {
+	cost = setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil).cost
+
 	dst.EmptyGraph()
 	dst.SetDirected(false)
 
@@ -433,9 +438,9 @@ func Prim(dst gr.MutableGraph, graph gr.EdgeListGraph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Nod
 		edgeWeights := make(edgeSorter, 0)
 		for _, edge := range edgeList {
 			if dst.NodeExists(edge.Head()) && remainingNodes.Contains(edge.Tail().ID()) {
-				edgeWeights = append(edgeWeights, WeightedEdge{Edge: edge, Weight: Cost(edge.Head(), edge.Tail())})
+				edgeWeights = append(edgeWeights, WeightedEdge{Edge: edge, Weight: cost(edge.Head(), edge.Tail())})
 			} else if dst.NodeExists(edge.Tail()) && remainingNodes.Contains(edge.Head().ID()) {
-				edgeWeights = append(edgeWeights, WeightedEdge{Edge: edge, Weight: Cost(edge.Tail(), edge.Head())})
+				edgeWeights = append(edgeWeights, WeightedEdge{Edge: edge, Weight: cost(edge.Tail(), edge.Head())})
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -459,7 +464,8 @@ func Prim(dst gr.MutableGraph, graph gr.EdgeListGraph, Cost func(gr.Node, gr.Nod
 //
 // As with other algorithms with Cost, the precedence goes Argument > Interface > UniformCost
 func Kruskal(dst gr.MutableGraph, graph gr.EdgeListGraph, cost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) {
-	_, _, _, _, _, _, cost, _ = setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil)
+	cost = setupFuncs(graph, cost, nil).cost
+
 	dst.EmptyGraph()
 	dst.SetDirected(false)
 
@@ -506,7 +512,7 @@ func Dominators(start gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) map[int]*set.Set {
 		allNodes.Add(node.ID())
 	}
 
-	_, predecessors, _, _, _, _, _, _ := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	predecessors := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil).predecessors
 
 	for _, node := range nlist {
 		dominators[node.ID()] = set.NewSet()
@@ -550,7 +556,8 @@ func Dominators(start gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) map[int]*set.Set {
 //
 // This returns all possible post-dominators for all nodes, it does not prune for strict postdominators, immediate postdominators etc
 func PostDominators(end gr.Node, graph gr.Graph) map[int]*set.Set {
-	successors, _, _, _, _, _, _, _ := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil)
+	successors := setupFuncs(graph, nil, nil).successors
+
 	allNodes := set.NewSet()
 	nlist := graph.NodeList()
 	dominators := make(map[int]*set.Set, len(nlist))
diff --git a/search/internals.go b/search/internals.go
index 9fd80126..a14b8c3b 100644
--- a/search/internals.go
+++ b/search/internals.go
@@ -6,51 +6,57 @@ import (
 	gr "github.com/gonum/graph"
 )
 
+type searchFuncs struct {
+	successors, predecessors, neighbors    func(gr.Node) []gr.Node
+	isSuccessor, isPredecessor, isNeighbor func(gr.Node, gr.Node) bool
+	cost, heuristicCost                    gr.CostFun
+}
+
 // Sets up the cost functions and successor functions so I don't have to do a type switch every time.
 // This almost always does more work than is necessary, but since it's only executed once per function, and graph functions are rather costly, the "extra work"
 // should be negligible.
-func setupFuncs(graph gr.Graph, cost, heuristicCost func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) (successorsFunc, predecessorsFunc, neighborsFunc func(gr.Node) []gr.Node, isSuccessorFunc, isPredecessorFunc,
-	isNeighborFunc func(gr.Node, gr.Node) bool,
-	costFunc, heuristicCostFunc func(gr.Node, gr.Node) float64) {
+func setupFuncs(graph gr.Graph, cost, heuristicCost gr.CostFun) searchFuncs {
+
+	sf := searchFuncs{}
 
 	switch g := graph.(type) {
 	case gr.DirectedGraph:
-		successorsFunc = g.Successors
-		predecessorsFunc = g.Predecessors
-		neighborsFunc = g.Neighbors
-		isSuccessorFunc = g.IsSuccessor
-		isPredecessorFunc = g.IsPredecessor
-		isNeighborFunc = g.IsNeighbor
+		sf.successors = g.Successors
+		sf.predecessors = g.Predecessors
+		sf.neighbors = g.Neighbors
+		sf.isSuccessor = g.IsSuccessor
+		sf.isPredecessor = g.IsPredecessor
+		sf.isNeighbor = g.IsNeighbor
 	default:
-		successorsFunc = g.Neighbors
-		predecessorsFunc = g.Neighbors
-		neighborsFunc = g.Neighbors
-		isSuccessorFunc = g.IsNeighbor
-		isPredecessorFunc = g.IsNeighbor
-		isNeighborFunc = g.IsNeighbor
+		sf.successors = g.Neighbors
+		sf.predecessors = g.Neighbors
+		sf.neighbors = g.Neighbors
+		sf.isSuccessor = g.IsNeighbor
+		sf.isPredecessor = g.IsNeighbor
+		sf.isNeighbor = g.IsNeighbor
 	}
 
 	if heuristicCost != nil {
-		heuristicCostFunc = heuristicCost
+		sf.heuristicCost = heuristicCost
 	} else {
 		if g, ok := graph.(gr.HeuristicCoster); ok {
-			heuristicCostFunc = g.HeuristicCost
+			sf.heuristicCost = g.HeuristicCost
 		} else {
-			heuristicCostFunc = NullHeuristic
+			sf.heuristicCost = NullHeuristic
 		}
 	}
 
 	if cost != nil {
-		costFunc = cost
+		sf.cost = cost
 	} else {
 		if g, ok := graph.(gr.Coster); ok {
-			costFunc = g.Cost
+			sf.cost = g.Cost
 		} else {
-			costFunc = UniformCost
+			sf.cost = UniformCost
 		}
 	}
 
-	return
+	return sf
 }
 
 /* Purely internal data structures and functions (mostly for sorting) */