diff -ru swig-1.3.29/Lib/python/pyinit.swg swig-1.3.29_fixed/Lib/python/pyinit.swg
--- swig-1.3.29/Lib/python/pyinit.swg	2006-02-02 23:48:56.000000000 +0000
+++ swig-1.3.29_fixed/Lib/python/pyinit.swg	2006-09-05 10:30:18.000000000 +0100
@@ -226,11 +226,11 @@
 		       swig_type_info **types_initial) {
   size_t i;
   for (i = 0; methods[i].ml_name; ++i) {
-    char *c = methods[i].ml_doc;
+    const char *c = methods[i].ml_doc;
     if (c && (c = strstr(c, "swig_ptr: "))) {
       int j;
       swig_const_info *ci = 0;
-      char *name = c + 10;
+      const char *name = c + 10;
       for (j = 0; const_table[j].type; ++j) {
 	if (strncmp(const_table[j].name, name, 
 		    strlen(const_table[j].name)) == 0) {
diff -ru swig-1.3.29/Lib/python/pyrun.swg swig-1.3.29_fixed/Lib/python/pyrun.swg
--- swig-1.3.29/Lib/python/pyrun.swg	2006-03-07 00:35:17.000000000 +0000
+++ swig-1.3.29_fixed/Lib/python/pyrun.swg	2006-09-05 10:30:03.000000000 +0100
@@ -1075,7 +1075,7 @@
     void *vptr = 0;
     
     /* here we get the method pointer for callbacks */
-    char *doc = (((PyCFunctionObject *)obj) -> m_ml -> ml_doc);
+    const char *doc = (((PyCFunctionObject *)obj) -> m_ml -> ml_doc);
     const char *desc = doc ? strstr(doc, "swig_ptr: ") : 0;
     if (desc) {
       desc = ty ? SWIG_UnpackVoidPtr(desc + 10, &vptr, ty->name) : 0;