diff -r 0c0dac5e7c60 Python/getargs.c
--- a/Python/getargs.c	Fri Aug 01 20:38:32 2008 +0200
+++ b/Python/getargs.c	Fri Aug 01 20:42:27 2008 +0200
@@ -1224,16 +1224,19 @@ convertsimple(PyObject *arg, const char 
 		if ((*pb->bf_getsegcount)(arg, NULL) != 1)
 			return converterr("single-segment read-write buffer", 
 					  arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
-		if ((count = pb->bf_getwritebuffer(arg, 0, res)) < 0)
+		if ((count = pb->bf_getwritebuffer(arg, 0, &res)) < 0)
 			return converterr("(unspecified)", arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
 		if (*format == '*') {
 			PyBuffer_FillInfo((Py_buffer*)p, arg, res, count, 1, 0);
 			format++;
 		}
-		else if (*format == '#') {
-			FETCH_SIZE;
-			STORE_SIZE(count);
-			format++;
+		else {
+			*p = res;
+			if (*format == '#') {
+				FETCH_SIZE;
+				STORE_SIZE(count);
+				format++;
+			}
 		}
 		break;
 	}