1 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/_sre.c b/Modules/_sre.c
index 09b58352de4..6f8ec0e5381 100644
--- a/Modules/_sre.c
+++ b/Modules/_sre.c
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
  * other compatibility work.
  */
 
-static char copyright[] =
+static const char copyright[] =
     " SRE 2.2.2 Copyright (c) 1997-2002 by Secret Labs AB ";
 
 #define PY_SSIZE_T_CLEAN
@@ -62,9 +62,6 @@ static char copyright[] =
 /* -------------------------------------------------------------------- */
 /* optional features */
 
-/* enables fast searching */
-#define USE_FAST_SEARCH
-
 /* enables copy/deepcopy handling (work in progress) */
 #undef USE_BUILTIN_COPY
 
@@ -717,7 +714,7 @@ _sre_SRE_Pattern_search_impl(PatternObject *self, PyObject *string,
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-call(char* module, char* function, PyObject* args)
+call(const char* module, const char* function, PyObject* args)
 {
     PyObject* name;
     PyObject* mod;
@@ -2052,8 +2049,9 @@ match_getindex(MatchObject* self, PyObject* index)
         /* Default value */
         return 0;
 
-    if (PyLong_Check(index))
-        return PyLong_AsSsize_t(index);
+    if (PyIndex_Check(index)) {
+        return PyNumber_AsSsize_t(index, NULL);
+    }
 
     i = -1;