*** getargs.c.orig	Sun Dec 02 16:43:32 2001
--- getargs.c	Wed Mar 27 09:17:42 2002
***************
*** 1212,1218 ****
  		int pos = 0;
  		while (PyDict_Next(keywords, &pos, &key, &value)) {
  			int match = 0;
! 			char *ks = PyString_AsString(key);
  			for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  				if (!strcmp(ks, kwlist[i])) {
  					match = 1;
--- 1212,1224 ----
  		int pos = 0;
  		while (PyDict_Next(keywords, &pos, &key, &value)) {
  			int match = 0;
! 			char *ks;
! 			if (!PyString_Check(key)) {
! 				PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, 
! 					        "keywords must be strings");
! 				return 0;
! 			}
! 			ks = PyString_AsString(key);
  			for (i = 0; i < max; i++) {
  				if (!strcmp(ks, kwlist[i])) {
  					match = 1;