diff --git a/modules/gdnative/gdnative/basis.cpp b/modules/gdnative/gdnative/basis.cpp
index b1327cdaef2..28af93f9424 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/gdnative/basis.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/gdnative/basis.cpp
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ void GDAPI godot_basis_new_with_euler_quat(godot_basis *r_dest, const godot_quat
 }
 
 // p_elements is a pointer to an array of 3 (!!) vector3
-void GDAPI godot_basis_get_elements(godot_basis *p_self, godot_vector3 *p_elements) {
+void GDAPI godot_basis_get_elements(const godot_basis *p_self, godot_vector3 *p_elements) {
 	const Basis *self = (const Basis *)p_self;
 	Vector3 *elements = (Vector3 *)p_elements;
 	elements[0] = self->elements[0];
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/gdnative/string.cpp b/modules/gdnative/gdnative/string.cpp
index 905c513d9dc..619003083d2 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/gdnative/string.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdnative/gdnative/string.cpp
@@ -65,11 +65,20 @@ void GDAPI godot_string_new_unicode_data(godot_string *r_dest, const wchar_t *p_
 
 void GDAPI godot_string_get_data(const godot_string *p_self, char *p_dest, int *p_size) {
 	String *self = (String *)p_self;
-	if (p_size != NULL) {
-		*p_size = self->utf8().length();
-	}
-	if (p_dest != NULL) {
-		memcpy(p_dest, self->utf8().get_data(), *p_size);
+
+	if (p_size) {
+		// we have a length pointer, that means we either want to know
+		// the length or want to write *p_size bytes into a buffer
+
+		CharString utf8_string = self->utf8();
+
+		int len = utf8_string.length();
+
+		if (p_dest) {
+			memcpy(p_dest, utf8_string.get_data(), *p_size);
+		} else {
+			*p_size = len;
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +87,11 @@ wchar_t GDAPI *godot_string_operator_index(godot_string *p_self, const godot_int
 	return &(self->operator[](p_idx));
 }
 
+wchar_t GDAPI godot_string_operator_index_const(const godot_string *p_self, const godot_int p_idx) {
+	const String *self = (const String *)p_self;
+	return self->operator[](p_idx);
+}
+
 const char GDAPI *godot_string_c_str(const godot_string *p_self) {
 	const String *self = (const String *)p_self;
 	return self->utf8().get_data();
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
index 31b021b7510..e19995b5f5e 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
+++ b/modules/gdnative/gdnative_api.json
@@ -847,7 +847,7 @@
       "name": "godot_basis_get_elements",
       "return_type": "void",
       "arguments": [
-        ["godot_basis *", "p_self"],
+        ["const godot_basis *", "p_self"],
         ["godot_vector3 *", "p_elements"]
       ]
     },
@@ -3926,6 +3926,14 @@
         ["const godot_int", "p_idx"]
       ]
     },
+    {
+      "name": "godot_string_operator_index_const",
+      "return_type": "wchar_t",
+      "arguments": [
+        ["const godot_string *", "p_self"],
+        ["const godot_int", "p_idx"]
+      ]
+    },
     {
       "name": "godot_string_c_str",
       "return_type": "const char *",
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/basis.h b/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/basis.h
index b86b1c17d8a..49ca765a016 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/basis.h
+++ b/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/basis.h
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ void GDAPI godot_basis_new(godot_basis *r_dest);
 void GDAPI godot_basis_new_with_euler_quat(godot_basis *r_dest, const godot_quat *p_euler);
 
 // p_elements is a pointer to an array of 3 (!!) vector3
-void GDAPI godot_basis_get_elements(godot_basis *p_self, godot_vector3 *p_elements);
+void GDAPI godot_basis_get_elements(const godot_basis *p_self, godot_vector3 *p_elements);
 
 godot_vector3 GDAPI godot_basis_get_axis(const godot_basis *p_self, const godot_int p_axis);
 
diff --git a/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/string.h b/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/string.h
index f30fdb8dc7c..29510313c9f 100644
--- a/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/string.h
+++ b/modules/gdnative/include/gdnative/string.h
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ void GDAPI godot_string_new_unicode_data(godot_string *r_dest, const wchar_t *p_
 void GDAPI godot_string_get_data(const godot_string *p_self, char *p_dest, int *p_size);
 
 wchar_t GDAPI *godot_string_operator_index(godot_string *p_self, const godot_int p_idx);
+wchar_t GDAPI godot_string_operator_index_const(const godot_string *p_self, const godot_int p_idx);
 const char GDAPI *godot_string_c_str(const godot_string *p_self);
 const wchar_t GDAPI *godot_string_unicode_str(const godot_string *p_self);