--- src/ylocale.cc.orig	2010-11-03 00:16:43.893618697 +0100
+++ src/ylocale.cc	2010-11-03 00:18:15.667176514 +0100
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@
         return NULL;

     YUChar * uStr(new YUChar[lLen + 1]);
-    char * inbuf((char *) lStr), * outbuf((char *) uStr);
+    const char * inbuf((const char *) lStr);
+    char * outbuf((char *) uStr);
     size_t inlen(lLen), outlen(4 * lLen);

     if (0 > (int) iconv(instance->toUnicode, &inbuf, &inlen, &outbuf, &outlen))