@@ -1378,10 +1378,11 @@
 				 lossy: (bool)lossy
 {
 	size_t length = self.length;
 	char *cString;
 	size_t cStringLength;
+	const char *ret;
 
 	switch (encoding) {
 	case OFStringEncodingUTF8:
 		cString = OFAllocMemory((length * 4) + 1, 1);
 
@@ -1432,17 +1433,19 @@
 	default:
 		@throw [OFInvalidEncodingException exception];
 	}
 
 	@try {
-		return [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: cString
-					      count: cStringLength + 1
-				       freeWhenDone: true] items];
+		ret = [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: cString
+					     count: cStringLength + 1
+				      freeWhenDone: true] items];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		OFFreeMemory(cString);
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 - (const char *)cStringWithEncoding: (OFStringEncoding)encoding
 {
 	return [self of_cStringWithEncoding: encoding lossy: false];
@@ -2537,23 +2540,26 @@
 
 - (const OFUnichar *)characters
 {
 	size_t length = self.length;
 	OFUnichar *buffer;
+	const OFUnichar *ret;
 
 	buffer = OFAllocMemory(length, sizeof(OFUnichar));
 	@try {
 		[self getCharacters: buffer inRange: OFRangeMake(0, length)];
 
-		return [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
-					      count: length
-					   itemSize: sizeof(OFUnichar)
-				       freeWhenDone: true] items];
+		ret = [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
+					     count: length
+					  itemSize: sizeof(OFUnichar)
+				      freeWhenDone: true] items];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		OFFreeMemory(buffer);
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 - (const OFChar16 *)UTF16String
 {
 	return [self UTF16StringWithByteOrder: OFByteOrderNative];
@@ -2565,10 +2571,11 @@
 	const OFUnichar *characters = self.characters;
 	size_t length = self.length;
 	OFChar16 *buffer;
 	size_t j;
 	bool swap = (byteOrder != OFByteOrderNative);
+	const OFChar16 *ret;
 
 	/* Allocate memory for the worst case */
 	buffer = OFAllocMemory((length + 1) * 2, sizeof(OFChar16));
 
 	j = 0;
@@ -2606,18 +2613,20 @@
 	}
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 	@try {
-		return [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
-					      count: j + 1
-					   itemSize: sizeof(OFChar16)
-				       freeWhenDone: true] items];
+		ret = [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
+					     count: j + 1
+					  itemSize: sizeof(OFChar16)
+				      freeWhenDone: true] items];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		OFFreeMemory(buffer);
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 - (size_t)UTF16StringLength
 {
 	const OFUnichar *characters = self.characters;
@@ -2639,10 +2648,11 @@
 
 - (const OFChar32 *)UTF32StringWithByteOrder: (OFByteOrder)byteOrder
 {
 	size_t length = self.length;
 	OFChar32 *buffer;
+	const OFChar32 *ret;
 
 	buffer = OFAllocMemory(length + 1, sizeof(OFChar32));
 	@try {
 		[self getCharacters: buffer inRange: OFRangeMake(0, length)];
 		buffer[length] = 0;
@@ -2649,18 +2659,20 @@
 
 		if (byteOrder != OFByteOrderNative)
 			for (size_t i = 0; i < length; i++)
 				buffer[i] = OFByteSwap32(buffer[i]);
 
-		return [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
-					      count: length + 1
-					   itemSize: sizeof(OFChar32)
-				       freeWhenDone: true] items];
+		ret = [[OFData dataWithItemsNoCopy: buffer
+					     count: length + 1
+					  itemSize: sizeof(OFChar32)
+				      freeWhenDone: true] items];
 	} @catch (id e) {
 		OFFreeMemory(buffer);
 		@throw e;
 	}
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 - (OFData *)dataWithEncoding: (OFStringEncoding)encoding
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();