diff --git a/Modules/_bisectmodule.c b/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
index 0d29462..e40297d 100644
--- a/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_bisectmodule.c
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 	int lo = 0;
 	int hi = -1;
 	int index;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|ii:bisect_right",
 		keywords, &list, &item, &lo, &hi))
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
 	int lo = 0;
 	int hi = -1;
 	int index;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|ii:insort_right",
 		keywords, &list, &item, &lo, &hi))
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@
 	int lo = 0;
 	int hi = -1;
 	int index;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|ii:bisect_left",
 		keywords, &list, &item, &lo, &hi))
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@
 	int lo = 0;
 	int hi = -1;
 	int index;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"a", "x", "lo", "hi", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|ii:insort_left",
 		keywords, &list, &item, &lo, &hi))
@@ -233,4 +233,3 @@
 
 	m = Py_InitModule3("_bisect", bisect_methods, module_doc);
 }
-
diff --git a/Modules/_bsddb.c b/Modules/_bsddb.c
index f493ecb..59931c3 100644
--- a/Modules/_bsddb.c
+++ b/Modules/_bsddb.c
@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
     int flags = 0;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, format, kwnames,
 				     &flags, &dlen, &doff)) 
@@ -1147,9 +1147,10 @@
 #if (DBVER >= 41)
     PyObject *txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = {"secondaryDB", "callback", "flags", "txn", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {"secondaryDB", "callback", "flags", "txn",
+                                    NULL};
 #else
-    char* kwnames[] = {"secondaryDB", "callback", "flags", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {"secondaryDB", "callback", "flags", NULL};
 #endif
 
 #if (DBVER >= 41)
@@ -1255,7 +1256,7 @@
     PyObject* retval = NULL;
     DBT key, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Oi:consume", kwnames,
                                      &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -1325,7 +1326,7 @@
     DBC* dbc;
     PyObject* txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Oi:cursor", kwnames,
                                      &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -1350,7 +1351,7 @@
     PyObject* keyobj;
     DBT key;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|Oi:delete", kwnames,
                                      &keyobj, &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -1402,7 +1403,8 @@
     int doff = -1;
     DBT key, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = {"key", "default", "txn", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {"key", "default", "txn", "flags", "dlen",
+                                    "doff", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|OOiii:get", kwnames,
                                      &keyobj, &dfltobj, &txnobj, &flags, &dlen,
@@ -1469,7 +1471,8 @@
     int doff = -1;
     DBT key, pkey, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = {"key", "default", "txn", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {"key", "default", "txn", "flags", "dlen",
+                                    "doff", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|OOiii:pget", kwnames,
                                      &keyobj, &dfltobj, &txnobj, &flags, &dlen,
@@ -1558,7 +1561,7 @@
     PyObject* retval = NULL;
     DBT key, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|O:get_size", kwnames,
                                      &keyobj, &txnobj))
@@ -1601,7 +1604,7 @@
     PyObject* retval = NULL;
     DBT key, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "OO|Oi:get_both", kwnames,
@@ -1752,7 +1755,7 @@
     DBT key;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
     DB_KEY_RANGE range;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "O|Oi:key_range", kwnames,
                                      &keyobj, &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -1783,17 +1786,17 @@
     PyObject *txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
     /* with dbname */
-    char* kwnames[] = {
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {
         "filename", "dbname", "dbtype", "flags", "mode", "txn", NULL};
     /* without dbname */
-    char* kwnames_basic[] = {
+    static const char* kwnames_basic[] = {
         "filename", "dbtype", "flags", "mode", "txn", NULL};
 #else
     /* with dbname */
-    char* kwnames[] = {
+    static const char* kwnames[] = {
         "filename", "dbname", "dbtype", "flags", "mode", NULL};
     /* without dbname */
-    char* kwnames_basic[] = {
+    static const char* kwnames_basic[] = {
         "filename", "dbtype", "flags", "mode", NULL};
 #endif
 
@@ -1877,7 +1880,8 @@
     PyObject* keyobj, *dataobj, *retval;
     DBT key, data;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "txn", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "txn", "flags", "dlen",
+                                     "doff", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "OO|Oiii:put", kwnames,
                          &keyobj, &dataobj, &txnobj, &flags, &dlen, &doff))
@@ -1917,7 +1921,7 @@
     char* filename;
     char* database = NULL;
     int err, flags=0;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "filename", "dbname", "flags", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "filename", "dbname", "flags", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|zi:remove", kwnames,
                                      &filename, &database, &flags))
@@ -2335,9 +2339,9 @@
 #if (DBVER >= 43)
     PyObject* txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
 #else
-    char* kwnames[] = { "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "flags", NULL };
 #endif
 
 #if (DBVER >= 43)
@@ -2477,7 +2481,7 @@
     u_int32_t count=0;
     PyObject* txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "txn", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Oi:cursor", kwnames,
                                      &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -2521,7 +2525,8 @@
     char* dbName=NULL;
     char* outFileName=NULL;
     FILE* outFile=NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "filename", "dbname", "outfile", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "filename", "dbname", "outfile", "flags",
+                                     NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|zzi:verify", kwnames,
                                      &fileName, &dbName, &outFileName, &flags))
@@ -2578,7 +2583,7 @@
     int err;
     u_int32_t flags=0;
     char *passwd = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "passwd", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "passwd", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|i:set_encrypt", kwnames,
 		&passwd, &flags)) {
@@ -3018,7 +3023,8 @@
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
     DBT key, data;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key","data", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key","data", "flags", "dlen", "doff",
+                                     NULL };
 
     CLEAR_DBT(key);
     CLEAR_DBT(data);
@@ -3104,7 +3110,8 @@
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
     DBT key, pkey, data;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key","data", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key","data", "flags", "dlen", "doff",
+                                     NULL };
 
     CLEAR_DBT(key);
     CLEAR_DBT(data);
@@ -3257,7 +3264,8 @@
     int err, flags = 0;
     PyObject* keyobj, *dataobj;
     DBT key, data;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "data", "flags", "dlen", "doff",
+                                     NULL };
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
 
@@ -3292,7 +3300,7 @@
     int err, flags = 0;
     DBT key, data;
     PyObject* retval, *keyobj;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
 
@@ -3362,7 +3370,7 @@
     int err, flags = 0;
     DBT key, data;
     PyObject* retval, *keyobj;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "key", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "key", "flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
 
@@ -3552,7 +3560,7 @@
     PyObject* retval;
     int dlen = -1;
     int doff = -1;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "recno","flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "recno","flags", "dlen", "doff", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "i|iii:set_recno", kwnames,
 				     &irecno, &flags, &dlen, &doff))
@@ -3746,7 +3754,8 @@
     char *database = NULL;
     PyObject *txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "file", "database", "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "file", "database", "txn", "flags",
+                                     NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "ss|Oi:dbremove", kwnames,
 		&file, &database, &txnobj, &flags)) {
@@ -3773,7 +3782,8 @@
     char *newname = NULL;
     PyObject *txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "file", "database", "newname", "txn", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "file", "database", "newname", "txn",
+                                     "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "sss|Oi:dbrename", kwnames,
 		&file, &database, &newname, &txnobj, &flags)) {
@@ -3797,7 +3807,7 @@
     int err;
     u_int32_t flags=0;
     char *passwd = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "passwd", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "passwd", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s|i:set_encrypt", kwnames,
 		&passwd, &flags)) {
@@ -3820,7 +3830,7 @@
     int err;
     u_int32_t flags=0;
     u_int32_t timeout = 0;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "timeout", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "timeout", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "ii:set_timeout", kwnames,
 		&timeout, &flags)) {
@@ -4107,7 +4117,7 @@
     int flags = 0;
     PyObject* txnobj = NULL;
     DB_TXN *txn = NULL;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "parent", "flags", NULL };
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "parent", "flags", NULL };
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Oi:txn_begin", kwnames,
                                      &txnobj, &flags))
@@ -4937,7 +4947,7 @@
 {
     PyObject* dbenvobj = NULL;
     int flags = 0;
-    char* kwnames[] = { "dbEnv", "flags", NULL};
+    static const char* kwnames[] = { "dbEnv", "flags", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|Oi:DB", kwnames,
                                      &dbenvobj, &flags))
diff --git a/Modules/_csv.c b/Modules/_csv.c
index da5ae0d..51dc89d 100644
--- a/Modules/_csv.c
+++ b/Modules/_csv.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
         self->ob_type->tp_free((PyObject *)self);
 }
 
-static char *dialect_kws[] = {
+static const char *dialect_kws[] = {
 	"dialect",
 	"delimiter",
 	"doublequote",
diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index acff973..2d7f6e0 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -1886,10 +1886,10 @@
 	int err;
 	char* termstr = NULL;
 
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"term", "fd", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"term", "fd", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(
-		args,keywds,"|zi:setupterm",kwlist,&termstr,&fd)) {
+		args, keywds, "|zi:setupterm", kwlist, &termstr, &fd)) {
 		return NULL;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/Modules/_hashopenssl.c b/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
index bfa180c..c0df605 100644
--- a/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
+++ b/Modules/_hashopenssl.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
 static int
 EVP_tp_init(EVPobject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"name", "string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"name", "string", NULL};
     PyObject *name_obj = NULL;
     char *nameStr;
     unsigned char *cp = NULL;
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 EVP_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"name", "string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"name", "string", NULL};
     PyObject *name_obj = NULL;
     char *name;
     const EVP_MD *digest;
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index f97cb62..1f0a8bc 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -2007,7 +2007,7 @@
     PyObject* string;
     int start = 0;
     int end = INT_MAX;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|ii:match", kwlist,
                                      &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
@@ -2044,7 +2044,7 @@
     PyObject* string;
     int start = 0;
     int end = INT_MAX;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "pattern", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|ii:search", kwlist,
                                      &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
@@ -2185,7 +2185,7 @@
     PyObject* string;
     int start = 0;
     int end = INT_MAX;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "source", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "source", "pos", "endpos", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|ii:findall", kwlist,
                                      &string, &start, &end))
         return NULL;
@@ -2311,7 +2311,7 @@
 
     PyObject* string;
     int maxsplit = 0;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "source", "maxsplit", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "source", "maxsplit", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O|i:split", kwlist,
                                      &string, &maxsplit))
         return NULL;
@@ -2595,7 +2595,7 @@
     PyObject* template;
     PyObject* string;
     int count = 0;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "repl", "string", "count", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "repl", "string", "count", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|i:sub", kwlist,
                                      &template, &string, &count))
         return NULL;
@@ -2609,7 +2609,7 @@
     PyObject* template;
     PyObject* string;
     int count = 0;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "repl", "string", "count", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "repl", "string", "count", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "OO|i:subn", kwlist,
                                      &template, &string, &count))
         return NULL;
@@ -2916,7 +2916,7 @@
     int index;
 
     PyObject* def = Py_None;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "default", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "default", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|O:groups", kwlist, &def))
         return NULL;
 
@@ -2945,7 +2945,7 @@
     int index;
 
     PyObject* def = Py_None;
-    static char* kwlist[] = { "default", NULL };
+    static const char* kwlist[] = { "default", NULL };
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|O:groupdict", kwlist, &def))
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/Modules/_tkinter.c b/Modules/_tkinter.c
index 632f3d6..dd1620a 100644
--- a/Modules/_tkinter.c
+++ b/Modules/_tkinter.c
@@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-Tktt_GetAttr(PyObject *self, char *name)
+Tktt_GetAttr(PyObject *self, const char *name)
 {
 	return Py_FindMethod(Tktt_methods, self, name);
 }
@@ -2723,7 +2723,7 @@
 }
 
 static PyObject *
-Tkapp_GetAttr(PyObject *self, char *name)
+Tkapp_GetAttr(PyObject *self, const char *name)
 {
 	return Py_FindMethod(Tkapp_methods, self, name);
 }
diff --git a/Modules/binascii.c b/Modules/binascii.c
index bfb393f..eab90b3 100644
--- a/Modules/binascii.c
+++ b/Modules/binascii.c
@@ -1032,7 +1032,7 @@
 	unsigned char *data, *odata;
 	unsigned int datalen = 0;
 	PyObject *rv;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"data", "header", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"data", "header", NULL};
 	int header = 0;
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s#|i", kwlist, &data,
@@ -1133,7 +1133,8 @@
 	unsigned int datalen = 0, odatalen = 0;
 	PyObject *rv;
 	unsigned int linelen = 0;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"data", "quotetabs", "istext", "header", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"data", "quotetabs", "istext",
+                                       "header", NULL};
 	int istext = 1;
 	int quotetabs = 0;
 	int header = 0;
diff --git a/Modules/bz2module.c b/Modules/bz2module.c
index af67ff1..db93675 100644
--- a/Modules/bz2module.c
+++ b/Modules/bz2module.c
@@ -1285,8 +1285,8 @@
 static int
 BZ2File_init(BZ2FileObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"filename", "mode", "buffering",
-				 "compresslevel", 0};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"filename", "mode", "buffering",
+                                       "compresslevel", 0};
 	PyObject *name;
 	char *mode = "r";
 	int buffering = -1;
@@ -1674,7 +1674,7 @@
 {
 	int compresslevel = 9;
 	int bzerror;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"compresslevel", 0};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"compresslevel", 0};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "|i:BZ2Compressor",
 					 kwlist, &compresslevel))
@@ -2019,7 +2019,7 @@
 	bz_stream _bzs;
 	bz_stream *bzs = &_bzs;
 	int bzerror;
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"data", "compresslevel", 0};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"data", "compresslevel", 0};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "s#|i",
 					 kwlist, &data, &datasize,
diff --git a/Modules/cPickle.c b/Modules/cPickle.c
index 6af99ba..865541f 100644
--- a/Modules/cPickle.c
+++ b/Modules/cPickle.c
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 
 	int fast; /* Fast mode doesn't save in memo, don't use if circ ref */
         int nesting;
-	int (*write_func)(struct Picklerobject *, char *, int);
+	int (*write_func)(struct Picklerobject *, const char *, int);
 	char *write_buf;
 	int buf_size;
 	PyObject *dispatch_table;
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-write_file(Picklerobject *self, char *s, int  n)
+write_file(Picklerobject *self, const char *s, int  n)
 {
 	size_t nbyteswritten;
 
@@ -437,7 +437,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-write_cStringIO(Picklerobject *self, char *s, int  n)
+write_cStringIO(Picklerobject *self, const char *s, int  n)
 {
 	if (s == NULL) {
 		return 0;
@@ -451,14 +451,14 @@
 }
 
 static int
-write_none(Picklerobject *self, char *s, int  n)
+write_none(Picklerobject *self, const char *s, int  n)
 {
 	if (s == NULL) return 0;
 	return n;
 }
 
 static int
-write_other(Picklerobject *self, char *s, int  n)
+write_other(Picklerobject *self, const char *s, int  n)
 {
 	PyObject *py_str = 0, *junk = 0;
 
@@ -669,7 +669,7 @@
  * The caller is responsible for free()'ing the return value.
  */
 static char *
-pystrndup(char *s, int n)
+pystrndup(const char *s, int n)
 {
 	char *r = (char *)malloc(n+1);
 	if (r == NULL)
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@
 static int
 save_bool(Picklerobject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-	static char *buf[2] = {FALSE, TRUE};
+	static const char *buf[2] = {FALSE, TRUE};
 	static char len[2] = {sizeof(FALSE)-1, sizeof(TRUE)-1};
 	long l = PyInt_AS_LONG((PyIntObject *)args);
 
@@ -2858,7 +2858,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 get_Pickler(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"file", "protocol", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"file", "protocol", NULL};
 	PyObject *file = NULL;
 	int proto = 0;
 
@@ -5378,7 +5378,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 cpm_dump(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"obj", "file", "protocol", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"obj", "file", "protocol", NULL};
 	PyObject *ob, *file, *res = NULL;
 	Picklerobject *pickler = 0;
 	int proto = 0;
@@ -5407,7 +5407,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 cpm_dumps(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-	static char *kwlist[] = {"obj", "protocol", NULL};
+	static const char *kwlist[] = {"obj", "protocol", NULL};
 	PyObject *ob, *file = 0, *res = NULL;
 	Picklerobject *pickler = 0;
 	int proto = 0;
diff --git a/Modules/cStringIO.c b/Modules/cStringIO.c
index 9ed77d8..0d50459 100644
--- a/Modules/cStringIO.c
+++ b/Modules/cStringIO.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@
 
 
 static int
-O_cwrite(PyObject *self, char *c, int  l) {
+O_cwrite(PyObject *self, const char *c, int  l) {
         int newl;
         Oobject *oself;
 
diff --git a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
index 7d2d15e..b0dae0c 100644
--- a/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
+++ b/Modules/cjkcodecs/multibytecodec.c
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@
 PyDoc_STRVAR(MultibyteCodec_StreamWriter__doc__,
 "I.StreamWriter(stream[, errors]) -> StreamWriter instance");
 
-static char *codeckwarglist[] = {"input", "errors", NULL};
-static char *streamkwarglist[] = {"stream", "errors", NULL};
+static const char *codeckwarglist[] = {"input", "errors", NULL};
+static const char *streamkwarglist[] = {"stream", "errors", NULL};
 
 static PyObject *multibytecodec_encode(MultibyteCodec *,
 		MultibyteCodec_State *, const Py_UNICODE **, size_t,
diff --git a/Modules/datetimemodule.c b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
index 6b44fe5..8a6fae2 100644
--- a/Modules/datetimemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/datetimemodule.c
@@ -1073,10 +1073,10 @@
 static PyObject *
 format_ctime(PyDateTime_Date *date, int hours, int minutes, int seconds)
 {
-	static char *DayNames[] = {
+	static const char *DayNames[] = {
 		"Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat", "Sun"
 	};
-	static char *MonthNames[] = {
+	static const char *MonthNames[] = {
 		"Jan", "Feb", "Mar", "Apr", "May", "Jun",
 		"Jul", "Aug", "Sep", "Oct", "Nov", "Dec"
 	};
@@ -1891,7 +1891,7 @@
 	PyObject *y = NULL;	/* temp sum of microseconds */
 	double leftover_us = 0.0;
 
-	static char *keywords[] = {
+	static const char *keywords[] = {
 		"days", "seconds", "microseconds", "milliseconds",
 		"minutes", "hours", "weeks", NULL
 	};
@@ -2194,7 +2194,7 @@
 
 /* Constructors. */
 
-static char *date_kws[] = {"year", "month", "day", NULL};
+static const char *date_kws[] = {"year", "month", "day", NULL};
 
 static PyObject *
 date_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
@@ -2406,7 +2406,7 @@
 date_repr(PyDateTime_Date *self)
 {
 	char buffer[1028];
-	char *typename;
+	const char *typename;
 
 	typename = self->ob_type->tp_name;
 	PyOS_snprintf(buffer, sizeof(buffer), "%s(%d, %d, %d)",
@@ -2448,7 +2448,7 @@
 	PyObject *result;
 	PyObject *format;
 	PyObject *tuple;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"format", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"format", NULL};
 
 	if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!:strftime", keywords,
 					  &PyString_Type, &format))
@@ -3028,7 +3028,7 @@
  * Constructors.
  */
 
-static char *time_kws[] = {"hour", "minute", "second", "microsecond",
+static const char *time_kws[] = {"hour", "minute", "second", "microsecond",
 			   "tzinfo", NULL};
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -3133,7 +3133,7 @@
 time_repr(PyDateTime_Time *self)
 {
 	char buffer[100];
-	char *typename = self->ob_type->tp_name;
+	const char *typename = self->ob_type->tp_name;
 	int h = TIME_GET_HOUR(self);
 	int m = TIME_GET_MINUTE(self);
 	int s = TIME_GET_SECOND(self);
@@ -3196,7 +3196,7 @@
 	PyObject *result;
 	PyObject *format;
 	PyObject *tuple;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"format", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"format", NULL};
 
 	if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!:strftime", keywords,
 					  &PyString_Type, &format))
@@ -3548,7 +3548,7 @@
  * Constructors.
  */
 
-static char *datetime_kws[] = {
+static const char *datetime_kws[] = {
 	"year", "month", "day", "hour", "minute", "second",
 	"microsecond", "tzinfo", NULL
 };
@@ -3729,7 +3729,7 @@
 {
 	PyObject *self;
 	PyObject *tzinfo = Py_None;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"tz", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"tz", NULL};
 
 	if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|O:now", keywords,
 					  &tzinfo))
@@ -3765,7 +3765,7 @@
 	PyObject *self;
 	double timestamp;
 	PyObject *tzinfo = Py_None;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"timestamp", "tz", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"timestamp", "tz", NULL};
 
 	if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "d|O:fromtimestamp",
 					  keywords, &timestamp, &tzinfo))
@@ -3843,7 +3843,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 datetime_combine(PyObject *cls, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 {
- 	static char *keywords[] = {"date", "time", NULL};
+ 	static const char *keywords[] = {"date", "time", NULL};
 	PyObject *date;
 	PyObject *time;
 	PyObject *result = NULL;
@@ -4027,7 +4027,7 @@
 datetime_repr(PyDateTime_DateTime *self)
 {
 	char buffer[1000];
-	char *typename = self->ob_type->tp_name;
+	const char *typename = self->ob_type->tp_name;
 	PyObject *baserepr;
 
 	if (DATE_GET_MICROSECOND(self)) {
@@ -4070,7 +4070,7 @@
 datetime_isoformat(PyDateTime_DateTime *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
 {
 	char sep = 'T';
-	static char *keywords[] = {"sep", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"sep", NULL};
 	char buffer[100];
 	char *cp;
 	PyObject *result;
@@ -4261,7 +4261,7 @@
 	int offset, none;
 
 	PyObject *tzinfo;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"tz", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"tz", NULL};
 
 	if (! PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!:astimezone", keywords,
 					  &PyDateTime_TZInfoType, &tzinfo))
diff --git a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
index 5ec5b8d..c675bf4 100644
--- a/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/itertoolsmodule.c
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 groupby_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
-	static char *kwargs[] = {"iterable", "key", NULL};
+	static const char *kwargs[] = {"iterable", "key", NULL};
 	groupbyobject *gbo;
  	PyObject *it, *keyfunc = Py_None;
  
diff --git a/Modules/mmapmodule.c b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
index 51487a7..7796ced 100644
--- a/Modules/mmapmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/mmapmodule.c
@@ -864,12 +864,13 @@
 	int map_size;
 	int fd, flags = MAP_SHARED, prot = PROT_WRITE | PROT_READ;
 	access_mode access = ACCESS_DEFAULT;
-	char *keywords[] = {"fileno", "length", 
-			    "flags", "prot", 
-			    "access", NULL};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"fileno", "length", 
+                                         "flags", "prot", 
+                                         "access", NULL};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwdict, "iO|iii", keywords, 
-					 &fd, &map_size_obj, &flags, &prot, &access))
+					 &fd, &map_size_obj, &flags, &prot,
+                                         &access))
 		return NULL;
 	map_size = _GetMapSize(map_size_obj);
 	if (map_size < 0)
@@ -952,9 +953,9 @@
 	HANDLE fh = 0;
 	access_mode   access = ACCESS_DEFAULT;
 	DWORD flProtect, dwDesiredAccess;
-	char *keywords[] = { "fileno", "length", 
-			     "tagname", 
-			     "access", NULL };
+	static const char *keywords[] = { "fileno", "length", 
+                                          "tagname", 
+                                          "access", NULL };
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwdict, "iO|zi", keywords,
 					 &fileno, &map_size_obj, 
diff --git a/Modules/parsermodule.c b/Modules/parsermodule.c
index 12226a4..e788fc9 100644
--- a/Modules/parsermodule.c
+++ b/Modules/parsermodule.c
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 
 static void parser_free(PyST_Object *st);
 static int parser_compare(PyST_Object *left, PyST_Object *right);
-static PyObject *parser_getattr(PyObject *self, char *name);
+static PyObject *parser_getattr(PyObject *self, const char *name);
 
 
 static
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
     PyObject *res = 0;
     int ok;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ast", "line_info", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"ast", "line_info", NULL};
 
     if (self == NULL) {
         ok = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!|O:st2tuple", keywords,
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@
     PyObject *res = 0;
     int ok;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ast", "line_info", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"ast", "line_info", NULL};
 
     if (self == NULL)
         ok = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!|O:st2list", keywords,
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@
     char*         str = "<syntax-tree>";
     int ok;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ast", "filename", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"ast", "filename", NULL};
 
     if (self == NULL)
         ok = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!|s:compilest", keywords,
@@ -396,7 +396,7 @@
     PyObject* res = 0;
     int ok;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ast", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"ast", NULL};
 
     if (self == NULL)
         ok = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!:isexpr", keywords,
@@ -419,7 +419,7 @@
     PyObject* res = 0;
     int ok;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"ast", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"ast", NULL};
 
     if (self == NULL)
         ok = PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O!:issuite", keywords,
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
 
 
 static PyObject*
-parser_getattr(PyObject *self, char *name)
+parser_getattr(PyObject *self, const char *name)
 {
     return (Py_FindMethod(parser_methods, self, name));
 }
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
     char*     string = 0;
     PyObject* res    = 0;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"source", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"source", NULL};
 
     if (PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, argspec, keywords, &string)) {
         node* n = PyParser_SimpleParseString(string,
@@ -568,7 +568,7 @@
     PyObject *tuple;
     node *tree;
 
-    static char *keywords[] = {"sequence", NULL};
+    static const char *keywords[] = {"sequence", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "O:sequence2st", keywords,
                                      &tuple))
diff --git a/Modules/pyexpat.c b/Modules/pyexpat.c
index c853160..d1def24 100644
--- a/Modules/pyexpat.c
+++ b/Modules/pyexpat.c
@@ -1724,8 +1724,8 @@
     PyObject *intern = NULL;
     PyObject *result;
     int intern_decref = 0;
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"encoding", "namespace_separator",
-			     "intern", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"encoding", "namespace_separator",
+                                   "intern", NULL};
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kw, "|zzO:ParserCreate", kwlist,
                                      &encoding, &namespace_separator, &intern))
diff --git a/Modules/sha256module.c b/Modules/sha256module.c
index 8da36b7..b40bb70 100644
--- a/Modules/sha256module.c
+++ b/Modules/sha256module.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 SHA256_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
     SHAobject *new;
     unsigned char *cp = NULL;
     int len;
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 SHA224_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
     SHAobject *new;
     unsigned char *cp = NULL;
     int len;
diff --git a/Modules/sha512module.c b/Modules/sha512module.c
index d229625..57e9bc9 100644
--- a/Modules/sha512module.c
+++ b/Modules/sha512module.c
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 SHA512_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
     SHAobject *new;
     unsigned char *cp = NULL;
     int len;
@@ -721,7 +721,7 @@
 static PyObject *
 SHA384_new(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwdict)
 {
-    static char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
+    static const char *kwlist[] = {"string", NULL};
     SHAobject *new;
     unsigned char *cp = NULL;
     int len;
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index e3573e3..3391405 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -2489,7 +2489,7 @@
 	PySocketSockObject *s = (PySocketSockObject *)self;
 	SOCKET_T fd;
 	int family = AF_INET, type = SOCK_STREAM, proto = 0;
-	static char *keywords[] = {"family", "type", "proto", 0};
+	static const char *keywords[] = {"family", "type", "proto", 0};
 
 	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds,
 					 "|iii:socket", keywords,