diff --git a/ase/awk/val.c b/ase/awk/val.c
index 77d726b3..8ea4a91c 100644
--- a/ase/awk/val.c
+++ b/ase/awk/val.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * $Id: val.c,v 1.67 2006-10-05 14:20:57 bacon Exp $
+ * $Id: val.c,v 1.68 2006-10-05 14:22:36 bacon Exp $
  */
 
 #include <xp/awk/awk_i.h>
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ xp_char_t* xp_awk_valtostr (
 	{
 		xp_awk_val_real_t* vr = (xp_awk_val_real_t*)v;
 
+		/*
 		if (vr->nde != XP_NULL && vr->nde->str != XP_NULL)
 		{
 			return __str_to_str (
@@ -409,9 +410,9 @@ xp_char_t* xp_awk_valtostr (
 				clear_buf, buf, len);
 		}
 		else
-		{
+		{*/
 			return __val_real_to_str (run, vr, clear_buf, buf, len);
-		}
+		/*}*/
 	}
 
 	if (v->type == XP_AWK_VAL_STR) 
diff --git a/ase/test/awk/comp.awk b/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
index 7e5e3e39..5972e274 100644
--- a/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
+++ b/ase/test/awk/comp.awk
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@ BEGIN {
 	print "1.0!=1 :", (1.0 != 1);
 	print "1.1!=1 :", (1.1 != 1);
 
-	print "abc" == "abc";
-	print "abc" != "abc";
+	print "\"abc\" == \"abc\"", ("abc" == "abc");
+	print "\"abc\" != \"abc\"", ("abc" != "abc");
 
 	print "--------------------------";
 	print "a == \"\" :", (a == "");