diff --git a/Modules/_xdrmodule.c b/Modules/_xdrmodule.c
index d2c9453..731bf34 100644
--- a/Modules/_xdrmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_xdrmodule.c
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /* This module exports part of the C API to the XDR routines into Python.
- * XDR is Sun's eXternal Data Representation, as described in RFC 1014.  This
- * module is used by xdrlib.py to support the float and double data types
- * which are too much of a pain to support in Python directly.  It is
+ * XDR is Sun's eXternal Data Representation, as described in RFC 1014.
+ * This module is used by xdrlib.py to support the float and double data
+ * types which are too much of a pain to support in Python directly.  It is
  * not required by xdrlib.py -- when not available, these types aren't
  * supported at the Python layer.  Note that representations that can be
  * implemented solely in Python, are *not* reproduced here.
@@ -26,143 +26,147 @@
 
 static PyObject*
 pack_float(self, args)
-     PyObject* self;
-     PyObject* args;
+        PyObject* self;
+        PyObject* args;
 {
-    XDR xdr;
-    float value;
-    union {                                  /* guarantees proper alignment */
-        long dummy;
-        char buffer[4];
-    } addr;
-    PyObject* rtn = NULL;
+        XDR xdr;
+        float value;
+        union {                              /* guarantees proper alignment */
+                long dummy;
+                char buffer[4];
+        } addr;
+        PyObject* rtn = NULL;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "f", &value))
-        return NULL;
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "f", &value))
+                return NULL;
 
-    xdr.x_ops = NULL;
-    xdrmem_create(&xdr, addr.buffer, 4, XDR_ENCODE);
-    if( xdr.x_ops == NULL )
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "XDR stream initialization failed.");
-    else if (xdr_float(&xdr, &value))
-        rtn = PyString_FromStringAndSize(addr.buffer, 4);
-    else
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion from float failed");
+        xdr.x_ops = NULL;
+        xdrmem_create(&xdr, addr.buffer, 4, XDR_ENCODE);
+        if (xdr.x_ops == NULL)
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error,
+                                "XDR stream initialization failed.");
+        else if (xdr_float(&xdr, &value))
+                rtn = PyString_FromStringAndSize(addr.buffer, 4);
+        else
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion from float failed");
 
-    xdr_destroy(&xdr);
-    return rtn;
+        xdr_destroy(&xdr);
+        return rtn;
 }
     
 
 
 static PyObject*
 pack_double(self, args)
-     PyObject* self;
-     PyObject* args;
+        PyObject* self;
+        PyObject* args;
 {
-    XDR xdr;
-    double value;
-    union {                                  /* guarantees proper alignment */
-        long dummy;
-        char buffer[8];
-    } addr;
-    PyObject* rtn = NULL;
+        XDR xdr;
+        double value;
+        union {                              /* guarantees proper alignment */
+                long dummy;
+                char buffer[8];
+        } addr;
+        PyObject* rtn = NULL;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "d", &value))
-        return NULL;
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "d", &value))
+                return NULL;
 
-    xdr.x_ops = NULL;
-    xdrmem_create(&xdr, addr.buffer, 8, XDR_ENCODE);
-    if( xdr.x_ops == NULL )
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "XDR stream initialization failed.");
-    else if (xdr_double(&xdr, &value))
-        rtn = PyString_FromStringAndSize(addr.buffer, 8);
-    else
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion from double failed");
+        xdr.x_ops = NULL;
+        xdrmem_create(&xdr, addr.buffer, 8, XDR_ENCODE);
+        if (xdr.x_ops == NULL)
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error,
+                                "XDR stream initialization failed.");
+        else if (xdr_double(&xdr, &value))
+                rtn = PyString_FromStringAndSize(addr.buffer, 8);
+        else
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion from double failed");
 
-    xdr_destroy(&xdr);
-    return rtn;
+        xdr_destroy(&xdr);
+        return rtn;
 }
 
 
 
 static PyObject*
 unpack_float(self, args)
-     PyObject* self;
-     PyObject* args;
+        PyObject* self;
+        PyObject* args;
 {
-    XDR xdr;
-    float value;
-    char* string;
-    int strlen;
-    PyObject* rtn = NULL;
+        XDR xdr;
+        float value;
+        char* string;
+        int strlen;
+        PyObject* rtn = NULL;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#", &string, &strlen))
-        return NULL;
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#", &string, &strlen))
+                return NULL;
 
-    if (strlen != 4) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "4 byte string expected");
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        if (strlen != 4) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "4 byte string expected");
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         /* Python guarantees that the string is 4 byte aligned */
-    xdr.x_ops = NULL;
-    xdrmem_create(&xdr, (caddr_t)string, 4, XDR_DECODE);
-    if( xdr.x_ops == NULL )
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "XDR stream initialization failed.");
-    else if (xdr_float(&xdr, &value))
-        rtn = Py_BuildValue("f", value);
-    else
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion to float failed");
+        xdr.x_ops = NULL;
+        xdrmem_create(&xdr, (caddr_t)string, 4, XDR_DECODE);
+        if (xdr.x_ops == NULL)
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error,
+                                "XDR stream initialization failed.");
+        else if (xdr_float(&xdr, &value))
+                rtn = Py_BuildValue("f", value);
+        else
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion to float failed");
 
-    xdr_destroy(&xdr);
-    return rtn;
+        xdr_destroy(&xdr);
+        return rtn;
 }
 
     
 
 static PyObject*
 unpack_double(self, args)
-     PyObject* self;
-     PyObject* args;
+        PyObject* self;
+        PyObject* args;
 {
-    XDR xdr;
-    double value;
-    char* string;
-    int strlen;
-    PyObject* rtn = NULL;
+        XDR xdr;
+        double value;
+        char* string;
+        int strlen;
+        PyObject* rtn = NULL;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#", &string, &strlen))
-        return NULL;
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "s#", &string, &strlen))
+                return NULL;
 
-    if (strlen != 8) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "8 byte string expected");
-        return NULL;
-    }
+        if (strlen != 8) {
+                PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "8 byte string expected");
+                return NULL;
+        }
 
         /* Python guarantees that the string is 4 byte aligned */
-    xdr.x_ops = NULL;
-    xdrmem_create(&xdr, (caddr_t)string, 8, XDR_DECODE);
-    if( xdr.x_ops == NULL )
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "XDR stream initialization failed.");
-    else if (xdr_double(&xdr, &value))
-        rtn = Py_BuildValue("d", value);
-    else
-        PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion to double failed");
+        xdr.x_ops = NULL;
+        xdrmem_create(&xdr, (caddr_t)string, 8, XDR_DECODE);
+        if (xdr.x_ops == NULL)
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error,
+                                "XDR stream initialization failed.");
+        else if (xdr_double(&xdr, &value))
+                rtn = Py_BuildValue("d", value);
+        else
+                PyErr_SetString(xdr_error, "conversion to double failed");
 
-    xdr_destroy(&xdr);
-    return rtn;
+        xdr_destroy(&xdr);
+        return rtn;
 }
 
 
 
 static struct PyMethodDef
 xdr_methods[] = {
-    {"pack_float",    pack_float,  1},
-    {"pack_double",   pack_double, 1},
-    {"unpack_float",  unpack_float, 1},
-    {"unpack_double", unpack_double, 1},
-    {NULL,          NULL,       0}           /* sentinel */
+        {"pack_float",    pack_float,    1},
+        {"pack_double",   pack_double,   1},
+        {"unpack_float",  unpack_float,  1},
+        {"unpack_double", unpack_double, 1},
+        {NULL,          NULL,       0}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
 
@@ -170,12 +174,14 @@
 void
 init_xdr()
 {
-    PyObject* module;
-    PyObject* dict;
+        PyObject* module;
+        PyObject* dict;
 
-    module = Py_InitModule("_xdr", xdr_methods);
-    dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
+        module = Py_InitModule("_xdr", xdr_methods);
+        dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
 
-    xdr_error = PyString_FromString("_xdr.error");
-    PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "error", xdr_error);
+        xdr_error = PyString_FromString("_xdr.error");
+        PyDict_SetItemString(dict, "error", xdr_error);
+        if (PyErr_Occurred())
+                Py_FatalError("can't initialize module _xdr");
 }