--- Python-2.6/Python/ast.c	2008-08-19 19:52:46.000000000 +0000
+++ Python-2.6-patched/Python/ast.c	2008-11-20 16:59:41.000000000 +0000
@@ -1287,7 +1287,7 @@
             if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_UnicodeError)){
                 PyObject *type, *value, *tback, *errstr;
                 PyErr_Fetch(&type, &value, &tback);
-                errstr = ((PyUnicodeErrorObject *)value)->reason;
+                errstr = value;
                 if (errstr) {
                     char *s = "";
                     char buf[128];