Index: /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp
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--- /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp	(revision 24501)
+++ /issm/trunk-jpl/src/wrappers/python/io/FetchPythonData.cpp	(revision 24502)
@@ -1300,5 +1300,5 @@
 	const char* string=PyUnicode_AsUTF8(py_string);
 	#else
-	const char* string=PyString_AsString(py_string);
+	char* string=PyString_AsString(py_string);
 	#endif
 	/*copy string (note strlen does not include trailing NULL): */
