diff -ur arnesi_1.1.0.orig/src/string.lisp arnesi_1.1.0/src/string.lisp
--- arnesi_1.1.0.orig/src/string.lisp	2003-11-19 07:50:23.000000000 -0600
+++ arnesi_1.1.0/src/string.lisp	2003-11-30 01:35:09.262103488 -0600
@@ -2,15 +2,16 @@
 
 (in-package :it.bese.arnesi)
 
-(defconstant +lower-case-ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
+(eval-when (:compile-toplevel)
+  (defconstant +lower-case-ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz")
 
-(defconstant +upper-case-ascii-alphabet+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+  (defconstant +upper-case-ascii-alphabet+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
 
-(defconstant +ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
+  (defconstant +ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ")
 
-(defconstant +alphanumeric-ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
+  (defconstant +alphanumeric-ascii-alphabet+ "abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ0123456789")
 
-(defconstant +base64-alphabet+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/")
+  (defconstant +base64-alphabet+ "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789+/"))
 
 (defun random-string (&optional (length 32) (alphabet +ascii-alphabet+))
   "Returns a random alphabetic string."
@@ -54,13 +55,14 @@
 		  when (not (member (aref string (1- index)) chars))
 		    do (return index)))))
 
-(defconstant ~% (format nil "~%"))
+(eval-when (:compile-toplevel)
+  (defconstant ~% (format nil "~%"))
 
-(defconstant ~T (string #\Tab))
+  (defconstant ~T (string #\Tab))
 
-(defconstant +CR-LF+ (make-array 2 :element-type 'character
+  (defconstant +CR-LF+ (make-array 2 :element-type 'character
                                    :initial-contents (list (code-char #x0D)
-                                                           (code-char #x0A))))
+                                                           (code-char #x0A)))))
 
 (defun ~D (number &optional stream &key mincol pad-char)
   (format stream "~v,vD" mincol pad-char number))
Only in arnesi_1.1.0/src: string.lisp~