fdconv():  Do not second guess the error condition returned by
    PyObject_AsFileDescriptor() -- it does the same thing everywhere, so
    use it the same way everyone else does so that exceptions are
    consistent.  This means we have less code here, and we do not need to
    resort to hackish ways of getting the Python-visible function name to
    fdconv().
diff --git a/Modules/termios.c b/Modules/termios.c
index cedcb0f..f586bb1 100644
--- a/Modules/termios.c
+++ b/Modules/termios.c
@@ -28,37 +28,16 @@
 
 static PyObject *TermiosError;
 
-static char* fname;
-
 static int fdconv(PyObject* obj, void* p)
 {
 	int fd;
 
 	fd = PyObject_AsFileDescriptor(obj);
-	if (fd == -1) {
-		if (PyInt_Check(obj)) {
-			fd = PyInt_AS_LONG(obj);
-		}
-		else {
-			char* tname;
-
-			if (PyInstance_Check(obj)) {
-				tname = PyString_AS_STRING(
-		((PyInstanceObject*)obj)->in_class->cl_name);
-			}
-			else {
-				tname = obj->ob_type->tp_name;
-			}
-
-			PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-		"%s, arg 1: can't extract file descriptor from \"%.500s\"",
-				     fname, tname);
-			return 0;
-		}
+	if (fd >= 0) {
+		*(int*)p = fd;
+		return 1;
 	}
-
-	*(int*)p = fd;
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static char termios_tcgetattr__doc__[] = "\
@@ -83,8 +62,6 @@
 	int i;
 	char ch;
 
-	fname = "tcgetattr";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&:tcgetattr", 
 			      fdconv, (void*)&fd))
 		return NULL;
@@ -160,8 +137,6 @@
 	PyObject *term, *cc, *v;
 	int i;
 
-	fname = "tcsetattr";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&iO:tcsetattr", 
 			      fdconv, &fd, &when, &term))
 		return NULL;
@@ -228,8 +203,6 @@
 {
 	int fd, duration;
 
-	fname = "tcsendbreak";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&i:tcsendbreak", 
 			      fdconv, &fd, &duration))
 		return NULL;
@@ -250,8 +223,6 @@
 {
 	int fd;
 
-	fname = "tcdrain";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&:tcdrain", 
 			      fdconv, &fd))
 		return NULL;
@@ -275,8 +246,6 @@
 {
 	int fd, queue;
 
-	fname = "tcflush";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&i:tcflush", 
 			      fdconv, &fd, &queue))
 		return NULL;
@@ -300,8 +269,6 @@
 {
 	int fd, action;
 
-	fname = "tcflow";
-
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&i:tcflow", 
 			      fdconv, &fd, &action))
 		return NULL;