diff --git a/src/complex.cpp b/src/complex.cpp
index 50f310c..6da5bc1 100644
--- a/src/complex.cpp
+++ b/src/complex.cpp
@@ -226,18 +226,24 @@
   return r;
 }
 
-static const float LN10_INVF = 1.f / ::log(10.f);
 _STLP_DECLSPEC complex<float> _STLP_CALL log10(const complex<float>& z)
-{ return log10T(z, LN10_INVF); }
+{
+  const float LN10_INVF = 1.f / ::log(10.f);
+  return log10T(z, LN10_INVF);
+}
 
-static const double LN10_INV = 1. / ::log10(10.);
 _STLP_DECLSPEC complex<double> _STLP_CALL log10(const complex<double>& z)
-{ return log10T(z, LN10_INV); }
+{
+  const double LN10_INV = 1. / ::log10(10.);
+  return log10T(z, LN10_INV);
+}
 
 #if !defined (_STLP_NO_LONG_DOUBLE)
-static const long double LN10_INVL = 1.l / ::log(10.l);
 _STLP_DECLSPEC complex<long double> _STLP_CALL log10(const complex<long double>& z)
-{ return log10T(z, LN10_INVL); }
+{
+  const long double LN10_INVL = 1.l / ::log(10.l);
+  return log10T(z, LN10_INVL);
+}
 #endif
 
 //----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/complex_trig.cpp b/src/complex_trig.cpp
index f566fe9..62d6be7 100644
--- a/src/complex_trig.cpp
+++ b/src/complex_trig.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
     long double ld;
   } ldouble_ulimit = {0x408633ce, 0x8fb9f87e, 0xbd23b659, 0x4e9bd8b1};
 #  if !defined (_STLP_NO_LONG_DOUBLE)
-  static const long double ldouble_limit = ldouble_ulimit.ld;
+#    define ldouble_limit ldouble_ulimit.ld
 #  endif
 #else
 #  if defined (M_LN2) && defined (FLT_MAX_EXP)
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@
 #  endif
 #  if !defined (_STLP_NO_LONG_DOUBLE)
 #    if defined (M_LN2l)
-  static const long double ldouble_limit = M_LN2l * LDBL_MAX_EXP;
+#      define ldouble_limit (M_LN2l * LDBL_MAX_EXP)
 #    else
-  static const long double ldouble_limit = ::log(LDBL_MAX);
+#      define ldouble_limit ::log(LDBL_MAX)
 #    endif
 #  endif
 #endif
diff --git a/src/locale.cpp b/src/locale.cpp
index 8df976b..5564a6e 100644
--- a/src/locale.cpp
+++ b/src/locale.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@
 
 _STLP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-static const string _Nameless("*");
+#define _NAMELESS   "*"
+static const char _Nameless[] = _NAMELESS;
 
 static inline bool is_C_locale_name (const char* name)
 { return ((name[0] == 'C') && (name[1] == 0)); }
@@ -248,8 +249,8 @@
   if (!name)
     _M_throw_on_null_name();
 
-  if (_Nameless == name)
-    _STLP_THROW(runtime_error((string("Invalid locale name '") + _Nameless + "'").c_str()));
+  if (!::strcmp(_Nameless, name))
+    _STLP_THROW(runtime_error("Invalid locale name '" _NAMELESS "'"));
 
   _Locale_impl* impl = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/locale_impl.cpp b/src/locale_impl.cpp
index 103b603..71e0864 100644
--- a/src/locale_impl.cpp
+++ b/src/locale_impl.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 _STLP_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
 
-static const string _Nameless("*");
+static const char _Nameless[] = "*";
 
 static inline bool is_C_locale_name (const char* name)
 { return ((name[0] == 'C') && (name[1] == 0)); }
diff --git a/src/monetary.cpp b/src/monetary.cpp
index d9b213a..d4a6767 100644
--- a/src/monetary.cpp
+++ b/src/monetary.cpp
@@ -36,9 +36,9 @@
 }
 
 // This is being used throughout the library
-static const string _S_empty_string;
+static const char _S_empty_string[] = "";
 #ifndef _STLP_NO_WCHAR_T
-static const wstring _S_empty_wstring;
+static const wchar_t _S_empty_wstring[] = L"";
 #endif
 
 //