- TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT (DATA, (kludge, strlen ((char *) kludge)),
- ALLOCA, (extptr, extlen),
- Qnative);
+ if (initialized && !fatal_error_in_progress)
+ TO_EXTERNAL_FORMAT (DATA, (kludge, strlen ((char *) kludge)),
+ ALLOCA, (extptr, extlen),
+ Qnative);
+ else
+ {
+ extptr = (Extbyte *) kludge;
+ extlen = (Extcount) strlen ((char *) kludge);
+ }
+