*** getargs.c.orig	Sun Dec 02 16:43:32 2001
--- getargs.c	Sun Mar 24 08:25:39 2002
***************
*** 1213,1218 ****
--- 1213,1224 ----
  		while (PyDict_Next(keywords, &pos, &key, &value)) {
  			int match = 0;
  			char *ks = PyString_AsString(key);
+ 			if (ks == NULL) {
+                                 /* assume type error */
+ 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
+ 				    "keywords must be strings");
+ 				return 0;
+ 			}
  			for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  				if (!strcmp(ks, kwlist[i])) {
  					match = 1;