diff -r 8c355edc5b1d Modules/timemodule.c
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c	Sat Dec 17 08:02:20 2011 -0500
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c	Sat Dec 17 20:20:55 2011 +0100
@@ -545,6 +545,8 @@
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "Invalid format string");
             break;
         }
+#else
+		(void)err;
 #endif
     }
 #ifdef HAVE_WCSFTIME
diff -r 8c355edc5b1d Objects/unicodeobject.c
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Sat Dec 17 08:02:20 2011 -0500
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Sat Dec 17 20:20:55 2011 +0100
@@ -4832,7 +4832,7 @@
     if (maxchar < 128 && size == unicode_size) {
         if (consumed)
             *consumed = size;
-        return unicode_fromascii(s, size);
+        return unicode_fromascii((const unsigned char *)s, size);
     }
 
     unicode = PyUnicode_New(unicode_size, maxchar);