diff --git a/CHANGES.current b/CHANGES.current
index a3e6f1cac..b69439e47 100644
--- a/CHANGES.current
+++ b/CHANGES.current
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 Version 1.3.32 (in progress)
 ============================
 
+09/17/2007: olly
+	    [python] Split potentially long string literals to avoid hitting
+	    MSVC's low fixed limit on string literal length - patch from
+	    SF#1723770, also reported as SF#1630855.
+
 09/17/2007: olly
 	    [ocaml] Fix renaming of overloaded methods in the method_table -
 	    my patch from SF#940399.
diff --git a/Source/Modules/python.cxx b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
index 06d740afd..c04336b50 100644
--- a/Source/Modules/python.cxx
+++ b/Source/Modules/python.cxx
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ public:
 	sibl = Getattr(sibl, "sym:previousSibling");	// go all the way up
       String *protoTypes = NewString("");
       do {
-	Printf(protoTypes, "    %s(%s)\\n", Getattr(sibl, "name"), ParmList_protostr(Getattr(sibl, "wrap:parms")));
+	Printf(protoTypes, "\"\"    %s(%s)\\n", Getattr(sibl, "name"), ParmList_protostr(Getattr(sibl, "wrap:parms")));
       } while ((sibl = Getattr(sibl, "sym:nextSibling")));
       Append(f->code, "fail:\n");
       Printf(f->code, "SWIG_SetErrorMsg(PyExc_NotImplementedError,"