diff -r 36af3566b67a Doc/c-api/unicode.rst
--- a/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Doc/c-api/unicode.rst	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ 3.x, but need to be aware that their use
    string content has been filled before using any of the access macros such as
    :c:func:`PyUnicode_KIND`.
 
-   Please migrate to using :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromKindAndData` or
-   :c:func:`PyUnicode_New`.
+   Please migrate to using :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromKindAndData`,
+   :c:func:`PyUnicode_FromWideChar` or :c:func:`PyUnicode_New`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: Py_UNICODE* PyUnicode_AsUnicode(PyObject *unicode)
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ 3.x, but need to be aware that their use
    used in most C functions.
 
    Please migrate to using :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsUCS4`,
-   :c:func:`PyUnicode_Substring`, :c:func:`PyUnicode_ReadChar` or similar new
+   :c:func:`PyUnicode_AsWideChar`, :c:func:`PyUnicode_ReadChar` or similar new
    APIs.
 
 
@@ -1467,9 +1467,8 @@ The following codec API is special in th
    :exc:`LookupError`) are left untouched and are copied as-is.
 
    .. deprecated-removed:: 3.3 4.0
-      Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API.
-
-   .. XXX replace with what?
+      Part of the old-style :c:type:`Py_UNICODE` API; please migrate to using
+      :c:func:`PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap`.
 
 
 .. c:function:: PyObject* PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_ssize_t size, \
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/abstract.h
--- a/Include/abstract.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/abstract.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -549,7 +549,8 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
      PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                            const char **buffer,
-                                           Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
+                                           Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+                                           Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
 
        /*
       Takes an arbitrary object which must support the (character,
@@ -562,7 +563,8 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
       an exception set.
        */
 
-     PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj);
+     PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj)
+                                              Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
 
       /*
       Checks whether an arbitrary object supports the (character,
@@ -572,7 +574,8 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
      PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                            const void **buffer,
-                                           Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
+                                           Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+                                           Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
 
        /*
       Same as PyObject_AsCharBuffer() except that this API expects
@@ -587,7 +590,8 @@ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
 
      PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                                             void **buffer,
-                                            Py_ssize_t *buffer_len);
+                                            Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+                                            Py_DEPRECATED(3.0);
 
        /*
       Takes an arbitrary object which must support the (writable,
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/ceval.h
--- a/Include/ceval.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/ceval.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -182,8 +182,8 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_InitThreads(void
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyEval_FiniThreads(void);
 #endif /* !Py_LIMITED_API */
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireLock(void);
-PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseLock(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireLock(void) Py_DEPRECATED(3.2);
+PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseLock(void) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.2) */;
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_AcquireThread(PyThreadState *tstate);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReleaseThread(PyThreadState *tstate);
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) PyEval_ReInitThreads(void);
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/longobject.h
--- a/Include/longobject.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/longobject.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(long long) PyLong_AsLongLongA
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyLong_FromString(const char *, char **, int);
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
-PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyLong_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE*, Py_ssize_t, int);
+PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyLong_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE*, Py_ssize_t, int) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyLong_FromUnicodeObject(PyObject *u, int base);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyLong_FromBytes(const char *, Py_ssize_t, int);
 #endif
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/moduleobject.h
--- a/Include/moduleobject.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/moduleobject.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyModule_New(
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyModule_GetDict(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyModule_GetNameObject(PyObject *);
 PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) PyModule_GetName(PyObject *);
-PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) PyModule_GetFilename(PyObject *);
+PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) PyModule_GetFilename(PyObject *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.2);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyModule_GetFilenameObject(PyObject *);
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyModule_Clear(PyObject *);
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/pyerrors.h
--- a/Include/pyerrors.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/pyerrors.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromErrn
     );
 #if defined(MS_WINDOWS) && !defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithUnicodeFilename(
-    PyObject *, const Py_UNICODE *);
+    PyObject *, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_Format(
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromWind
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 /* XXX redeclare to use WSTRING */
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(
-    int, const Py_UNICODE *);
+    int, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetFromWindowsErr(int);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObject(
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromW
     );
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithUnicodeFilename(
-    PyObject *,int, const Py_UNICODE *);
+    PyObject *,int, const Py_UNICODE *) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErr(PyObject *, int);
 #endif /* MS_WINDOWS */
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeEncodeEr
     Py_ssize_t start,
     Py_ssize_t end,
     const char *reason          /* UTF-8 encoded string */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* create a UnicodeTranslateError object */
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicodeTranslat
     Py_ssize_t start,
     Py_ssize_t end,
     const char *reason          /* UTF-8 encoded string */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) _PyUnicodeTranslateError_Create(
     PyObject *object,
     Py_ssize_t start,
diff -r 36af3566b67a Include/unicodeobject.h
--- a/Include/unicodeobject.h	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Include/unicodeobject.h	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Copyright (c) Corporation for National R
 
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 #define PY_UNICODE_TYPE wchar_t
-typedef wchar_t Py_UNICODE;
+typedef wchar_t Py_UNICODE /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* If the compiler provides a wchar_t type we try to support it
@@ -387,9 +387,11 @@ PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyUnicodeIter_T
       ((void)PyUnicode_AsUnicode((PyObject *)(op)),  \
        assert(((PyASCIIObject *)(op))->wstr),        \
        PyUnicode_WSTR_LENGTH(op)))
+    /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */
 
 #define PyUnicode_GET_DATA_SIZE(op) \
     (PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(op) * Py_UNICODE_SIZE)
+    /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */
 
 /* Alias for PyUnicode_AsUnicode().  This will create a wchar_t/Py_UNICODE
    representation on demand.  Using this macro is very inefficient now,
@@ -400,9 +402,11 @@ PyAPI_DATA(PyTypeObject) PyUnicodeIter_T
     (assert(PyUnicode_Check(op)), \
      (((PyASCIIObject *)(op))->wstr) ? (((PyASCIIObject *)(op))->wstr) : \
       PyUnicode_AsUnicode((PyObject *)(op)))
+    /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */
 
 #define PyUnicode_AS_DATA(op) \
     ((const char *)(PyUnicode_AS_UNICODE(op)))
+    /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */
 
 
 /* --- Flexible String Representation Helper Macros (PEP 393) -------------- */
@@ -688,7 +692,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(void) _PyUnicode_FastFill(
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_FromUnicode(
     const Py_UNICODE *u,        /* Unicode buffer */
     Py_ssize_t size             /* size of buffer */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* Similar to PyUnicode_FromUnicode(), but u points to UTF-8 encoded bytes */
@@ -756,7 +760,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UCS4*) PyUnicode_AsUCS4Cop
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE *) PyUnicode_AsUnicode(
     PyObject *unicode           /* Unicode object */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* Return a read-only pointer to the Unicode object's internal
@@ -768,7 +772,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE *) PyUnicode_AsUni
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE *) PyUnicode_AsUnicodeAndSize(
     PyObject *unicode,          /* Unicode object */
     Py_ssize_t *size            /* location where to save the length */
-    );
+    )  /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* Get the length of the Unicode object. */
@@ -782,7 +786,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) PyUnicode_GetLeng
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_ssize_t) PyUnicode_GetSize(
     PyObject *unicode           /* Unicode object */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 /* Read a character from the string. */
 
@@ -804,7 +808,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicode_WriteChar(
 
 #ifndef Py_LIMITED_API
 /* Get the maximum ordinal for a Unicode character. */
-PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE) PyUnicode_GetMax(void);
+PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE) PyUnicode_GetMax(void) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* Resize a Unicode object. The length is the number of characters, except
@@ -1205,7 +1209,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_Encode(
     Py_ssize_t size,            /* number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *encoding,       /* encoding */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* Encodes a Unicode object and returns the result as Python
@@ -1272,7 +1276,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeUT
     int base64SetO,             /* Encode RFC2152 Set O characters in base64 */
     int base64WhiteSpace,       /* Encode whitespace (sp, ht, nl, cr) in base64 */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF7(
     PyObject *unicode,          /* Unicode object */
     int base64SetO,             /* Encode RFC2152 Set O characters in base64 */
@@ -1309,7 +1313,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeUT
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* --- UTF-32 Codecs ------------------------------------------------------ */
@@ -1385,7 +1389,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeUT
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors,         /* error handling */
     int byteorder               /* byteorder to use 0=BOM+native;-1=LE,1=BE */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32(
     PyObject *object,           /* Unicode object */
     const char *errors,         /* error handling */
@@ -1470,7 +1474,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeUT
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors,         /* error handling */
     int byteorder               /* byteorder to use 0=BOM+native;-1=LE,1=BE */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(
     PyObject* unicode,          /* Unicode object */
     const char *errors,         /* error handling */
@@ -1505,7 +1509,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_AsUnicod
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape(
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length           /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* --- Raw-Unicode-Escape Codecs ------------------------------------------ */
@@ -1524,7 +1528,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_AsRawUni
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length           /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* --- Unicode Internal Codec ---------------------------------------------
@@ -1564,7 +1568,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeLa
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* --- ASCII Codecs -------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1592,7 +1596,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeAS
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 /* --- Character Map Codecs -----------------------------------------------
@@ -1638,7 +1642,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeCh
     PyObject *mapping,          /* character mapping
                                    (unicode ordinal -> char ordinal) */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(
     PyObject *unicode,          /* Unicode object */
     PyObject *mapping,          /* character mapping
@@ -1666,7 +1670,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject *) PyUnicode_Transla
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     PyObject *table,            /* Translate table */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 #ifdef MS_WINDOWS
@@ -1703,7 +1707,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeMB
     const Py_UNICODE *data,     /* Unicode char buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_EncodeCodePage(
@@ -1744,7 +1748,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicode_EncodeDecimal(
     Py_ssize_t length,          /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to encode */
     char *output,               /* Output buffer; must have size >= length */
     const char *errors          /* error handling */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* Transforms code points that have decimal digit property to the
@@ -1757,7 +1761,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) PyUnicode_EncodeDecimal(
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) PyUnicode_TransformDecimalToASCII(
     Py_UNICODE *s,              /* Unicode buffer */
     Py_ssize_t length           /* Number of Py_UNICODE chars to transform */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 #endif
 
 /* Similar to PyUnicode_TransformDecimalToASCII(), but takes a PyObject
@@ -2161,15 +2165,15 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_IsLinebreak(
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UCS4) _PyUnicode_ToLowercase(
     Py_UCS4 ch       /* Unicode character */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UCS4) _PyUnicode_ToUppercase(
     Py_UCS4 ch       /* Unicode character */
-    );
+    ) /* Py_DEPRECATED(3.3) */;
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UCS4) _PyUnicode_ToTitlecase(
     Py_UCS4 ch       /* Unicode character */
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_ToLowerFull(
     Py_UCS4 ch,       /* Unicode character */
@@ -2233,40 +2237,40 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(int) _PyUnicode_IsAlpha(
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(size_t) Py_UNICODE_strlen(
     const Py_UNICODE *u
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strcpy(
     Py_UNICODE *s1,
-    const Py_UNICODE *s2);
+    const Py_UNICODE *s2) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strcat(
-    Py_UNICODE *s1, const Py_UNICODE *s2);
+    Py_UNICODE *s1, const Py_UNICODE *s2) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strncpy(
     Py_UNICODE *s1,
     const Py_UNICODE *s2,
-    size_t n);
+    size_t n) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_UNICODE_strcmp(
     const Py_UNICODE *s1,
     const Py_UNICODE *s2
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(int) Py_UNICODE_strncmp(
     const Py_UNICODE *s1,
     const Py_UNICODE *s2,
     size_t n
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strchr(
     const Py_UNICODE *s,
     Py_UNICODE c
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) Py_UNICODE_strrchr(
     const Py_UNICODE *s,
     Py_UNICODE c
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_FormatLong(PyObject *, int, int, int);
 
@@ -2276,7 +2280,7 @@ PyAPI_FUNC(PyObject*) _PyUnicode_FormatL
 
 PyAPI_FUNC(Py_UNICODE*) PyUnicode_AsUnicodeCopy(
     PyObject *unicode
-    );
+    ) Py_DEPRECATED(3.3);
 #endif /* Py_LIMITED_API */
 
 #if defined(Py_DEBUG) && !defined(Py_LIMITED_API)
diff -r 36af3566b67a Modules/_testcapimodule.c
--- a/Modules/_testcapimodule.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Modules/_testcapimodule.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -1378,11 +1378,9 @@ static PyObject *
 getargs_u(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     Py_UNICODE *str;
-    Py_ssize_t size;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "u", &str))
         return NULL;
-    size = Py_UNICODE_strlen(str);
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(str, size);
+    return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(str, -1);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -1392,19 +1390,17 @@ getargs_u_hash(PyObject *self, PyObject 
     Py_ssize_t size;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "u#", &str, &size))
         return NULL;
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(str, size);
+    return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(str, size);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
 getargs_Z(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     Py_UNICODE *str;
-    Py_ssize_t size;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Z", &str))
         return NULL;
     if (str != NULL) {
-        size = Py_UNICODE_strlen(str);
-        return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(str, size);
+        return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(str, -1);
     } else
         Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
@@ -1417,7 +1413,7 @@ getargs_Z_hash(PyObject *self, PyObject 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "Z#", &str, &size))
         return NULL;
     if (str != NULL)
-        return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(str, size);
+        return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(str, size);
     else
         Py_RETURN_NONE;
 }
diff -r 36af3566b67a Modules/arraymodule.c
--- a/Modules/arraymodule.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Modules/arraymodule.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ BB_setitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i
 static PyObject *
 u_getitem(arrayobject *ap, Py_ssize_t i)
 {
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(&((Py_UNICODE *) ap->ob_item)[i], 1);
+    return PyUnicode_FromOrdinal(((Py_UNICODE *) ap->ob_item)[i]);
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1693,7 +1693,7 @@ array_array_tounicode_impl(arrayobject *
              "tounicode() may only be called on unicode type arrays");
         return NULL;
     }
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode((Py_UNICODE *) self->ob_item, Py_SIZE(self));
+    return PyUnicode_FromWideChar((Py_UNICODE *) self->ob_item, Py_SIZE(self));
 }
 
 /*[clinic input]
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/abstract.c
--- a/Objects/abstract.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -252,14 +252,6 @@ PyObject_DelItemString(PyObject *o, cons
    cause issues later on.  Don't use these functions in new code.
  */
 int
-PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj,
-                      const char **buffer,
-                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
-{
-    return PyObject_AsReadBuffer(obj, (const void **)buffer, buffer_len);
-}
-
-int
 PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj)
 {
     PyBufferProcs *pb = obj->ob_type->tp_as_buffer;
@@ -276,9 +268,8 @@ PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(PyObject *obj)
     return 1;
 }
 
-int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
-                          const void **buffer,
-                          Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+static int
+as_read_buffer(PyObject *obj, const void **buffer, Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
 {
     Py_buffer view;
 
@@ -295,6 +286,21 @@ int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
     return 0;
 }
 
+int
+PyObject_AsCharBuffer(PyObject *obj,
+                      const char **buffer,
+                      Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+{
+    return as_read_buffer(obj, (const void **)buffer, buffer_len);
+}
+
+int PyObject_AsReadBuffer(PyObject *obj,
+                          const void **buffer,
+                          Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
+{
+    return as_read_buffer(obj, buffer, buffer_len);
+}
+
 int PyObject_AsWriteBuffer(PyObject *obj,
                            void **buffer,
                            Py_ssize_t *buffer_len)
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/bytearrayobject.c
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -2324,10 +2324,7 @@ bytearrayiter_reduce(bytesiterobject *it
         return Py_BuildValue("N(O)n", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"),
                              it->it_seq, it->it_index);
     } else {
-        PyObject *u = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, 0);
-        if (u == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        return Py_BuildValue("N(N)", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"), u);
+        return Py_BuildValue("N(())", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"));
     }
 }
 
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/bytesobject.c
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -3048,10 +3048,7 @@ striter_reduce(striterobject *it)
         return Py_BuildValue("N(O)n", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"),
                              it->it_seq, it->it_index);
     } else {
-        PyObject *u = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, 0);
-        if (u == NULL)
-            return NULL;
-        return Py_BuildValue("N(N)", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"), u);
+        return Py_BuildValue("N(())", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"));
     }
 }
 
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/codeobject.c
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ PyCode_New(int argcount, int kwonlyargco
 
     /* Check argument types */
     if (argcount < 0 || kwonlyargcount < 0 || nlocals < 0 ||
-        code == NULL ||
+        code == NULL || !PyBytes_Check(code) ||
         consts == NULL || !PyTuple_Check(consts) ||
         names == NULL || !PyTuple_Check(names) ||
         varnames == NULL || !PyTuple_Check(varnames) ||
@@ -121,8 +121,7 @@ PyCode_New(int argcount, int kwonlyargco
         cellvars == NULL || !PyTuple_Check(cellvars) ||
         name == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(name) ||
         filename == NULL || !PyUnicode_Check(filename) ||
-        lnotab == NULL || !PyBytes_Check(lnotab) ||
-        !PyObject_CheckReadBuffer(code)) {
+        lnotab == NULL || !PyBytes_Check(lnotab)) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
         return NULL;
     }
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/longobject.c
--- a/Objects/longobject.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -2480,7 +2480,7 @@ PyObject *
 PyObject *
 PyLong_FromUnicode(Py_UNICODE *u, Py_ssize_t length, int base)
 {
-    PyObject *v, *unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(u, length);
+    PyObject *v, *unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(u, length);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     v = PyLong_FromUnicodeObject(unicode, base);
diff -r 36af3566b67a Objects/unicodeobject.c
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -1988,12 +1988,32 @@ unicode_char(Py_UCS4 ch)
 PyObject *
 PyUnicode_FromUnicode(const Py_UNICODE *u, Py_ssize_t size)
 {
+    if (u == NULL)
+        return (PyObject*)_PyUnicode_New(size);
+
+    if (size < 0) {
+        PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    return PyUnicode_FromWideChar(u, size);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyUnicode_FromWideChar(const wchar_t *u, Py_ssize_t size)
+{
     PyObject *unicode;
     Py_UCS4 maxchar = 0;
     Py_ssize_t num_surrogates;
 
-    if (u == NULL)
-        return (PyObject*)_PyUnicode_New(size);
+    if (u == NULL && size != 0) {
+        PyErr_BadInternalCall();
+        return NULL;
+    }
+
+    if (size == -1) {
+        size = wcslen(u);
+    }
 
     /* If the Unicode data is known at construction time, we can apply
        some optimizations which share commonly used objects. */
@@ -2478,27 +2498,6 @@ PyUnicode_AsUCS4Copy(PyObject *string)
     return as_ucs4(string, NULL, 0, 1);
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_WCHAR_H
-
-PyObject *
-PyUnicode_FromWideChar(const wchar_t *w, Py_ssize_t size)
-{
-    if (w == NULL) {
-        if (size == 0)
-            _Py_RETURN_UNICODE_EMPTY();
-        PyErr_BadInternalCall();
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (size == -1) {
-        size = wcslen(w);
-    }
-
-    return PyUnicode_FromUnicode(w, size);
-}
-
-#endif /* HAVE_WCHAR_H */
-
 /* maximum number of characters required for output of %lld or %p.
    We need at most ceil(log10(256)*SIZEOF_LONG_LONG) digits,
    plus 1 for the sign.  53/22 is an upper bound for log10(256). */
@@ -3296,7 +3295,7 @@ PyUnicode_Encode(const Py_UNICODE *s,
 {
     PyObject *v, *unicode;
 
-    unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     v = PyUnicode_AsEncodedString(unicode, encoding, errors);
@@ -4138,7 +4137,11 @@ PyUnicode_GetSize(PyObject *unicode)
         PyErr_BadArgument();
         goto onError;
     }
-    return PyUnicode_GET_SIZE(unicode);
+    if (_PyUnicode_WSTR(unicode) == NULL) {
+        if (PyUnicode_AsUnicode(unicode) == NULL)
+            goto onError;
+    }
+    return PyUnicode_WSTR_LENGTH(unicode);
 
   onError:
     return -1;
@@ -4824,7 +4827,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF7(const Py_UNICODE *s
                      const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF7(tmp, base64SetO,
@@ -5180,7 +5183,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF8(const Py_UNICODE *s
 {
     PyObject *v, *unicode;
 
-    unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     v = _PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(unicode, errors);
@@ -5505,7 +5508,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32(const Py_UNICODE *
                       int byteorder)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32(tmp, errors, byteorder);
@@ -5858,7 +5861,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(const Py_UNICODE *
                       int byteorder)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = _PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(tmp, errors, byteorder);
@@ -6255,7 +6258,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape(const Py_U
                               Py_ssize_t size)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -6472,7 +6475,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(const P
                                  Py_ssize_t size)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = PyUnicode_AsRawUnicodeEscapeString(tmp);
@@ -6883,7 +6886,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1(const Py_UNICODE 
                        const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(p, size);
+    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(p, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = unicode_encode_ucs1(unicode, errors, 256);
@@ -7024,7 +7027,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeASCII(const Py_UNICODE *
                       const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(p, size);
+    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(p, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = unicode_encode_ucs1(unicode, errors, 128);
@@ -7750,7 +7753,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeMBCS(const Py_UNICODE *p
                      const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *unicode, *res;
-    unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(p, size);
+    unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(p, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     res = encode_code_page(CP_ACP, unicode, errors);
@@ -8598,7 +8601,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE
                         const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(p, size);
+    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(p, size);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
     result = _PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(unicode, mapping, errors);
@@ -9038,7 +9041,7 @@ PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap(const Py_UNIC
                            const char *errors)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(p, size);
+    PyObject *unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(p, size);
     if (!unicode)
         return NULL;
     result = _PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap(unicode, mapping, errors);
@@ -9166,14 +9169,10 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeDecimal(Py_UNICODE *s,
         return -1;
     }
 
-    unicode = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, length);
+    unicode = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, length);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return -1;
 
-    if (PyUnicode_READY(unicode) == -1) {
-        Py_DECREF(unicode);
-        return -1;
-    }
     kind = PyUnicode_KIND(unicode);
     data = PyUnicode_DATA(unicode);
 
@@ -15266,7 +15265,7 @@ unicodeiter_reduce(unicodeiterobject *it
         return Py_BuildValue("N(O)n", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"),
                              it->it_seq, it->it_index);
     } else {
-        PyObject *u = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(NULL, 0);
+        PyObject *u = (PyObject *)_PyUnicode_New(0);
         if (u == NULL)
             return NULL;
         return Py_BuildValue("N(N)", _PyObject_GetBuiltin("iter"), u);
@@ -15361,10 +15360,7 @@ unicode_iter(PyObject *seq)
 size_t
 Py_UNICODE_strlen(const Py_UNICODE *u)
 {
-    int res = 0;
-    while(*u++)
-        res++;
-    return res;
+    return wcslen(u);
 }
 
 Py_UNICODE*
@@ -15389,8 +15385,8 @@ Py_UNICODE*
 Py_UNICODE_strcat(Py_UNICODE *s1, const Py_UNICODE *s2)
 {
     Py_UNICODE *u1 = s1;
-    u1 += Py_UNICODE_strlen(u1);
-    Py_UNICODE_strcpy(u1, s2);
+    u1 += wcslen(u1);
+    while ((*u1++ = *s2++));
     return s1;
 }
 
@@ -15439,7 +15435,7 @@ Py_UNICODE*
 Py_UNICODE_strrchr(const Py_UNICODE *s, Py_UNICODE c)
 {
     const Py_UNICODE *p;
-    p = s + Py_UNICODE_strlen(s);
+    p = s + wcslen(s);
     while (p != s) {
         p--;
         if (*p == c)
diff -r 36af3566b67a Python/errors.c
--- a/Python/errors.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Python/errors.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -582,9 +582,7 @@ PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilename(PyObject 
 PyObject *
 PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithUnicodeFilename(PyObject *exc, const Py_UNICODE *filename)
 {
-    PyObject *name = filename ?
-                     PyUnicode_FromUnicode(filename, wcslen(filename)) :
-             NULL;
+    PyObject *name = filename ? PyUnicode_FromWideChar(filename, -1) : NULL;
     PyObject *result = PyErr_SetFromErrnoWithFilenameObjects(exc, name, NULL);
     Py_XDECREF(name);
     return result;
@@ -691,9 +689,7 @@ PyObject *PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWith
     int ierr,
     const Py_UNICODE *filename)
 {
-    PyObject *name = filename ?
-                     PyUnicode_FromUnicode(filename, wcslen(filename)) :
-             NULL;
+    PyObject *name = filename ? PyUnicode_FromWideChar(filename, -1) : NULL;
     PyObject *ret = PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObjects(exc,
                                                                  ierr,
                                                                  name,
@@ -729,9 +725,7 @@ PyObject *PyErr_SetFromWindowsErrWithUni
     int ierr,
     const Py_UNICODE *filename)
 {
-    PyObject *name = filename ?
-                     PyUnicode_FromUnicode(filename, wcslen(filename)) :
-             NULL;
+    PyObject *name = filename ? PyUnicode_FromWideChar(filename, -1) : NULL;
     PyObject *result = PyErr_SetExcFromWindowsErrWithFilenameObjects(
                                                   PyExc_OSError,
                                                   ierr, name, NULL);
diff -r 36af3566b67a Python/getargs.c
--- a/Python/getargs.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Python/getargs.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -1027,7 +1027,7 @@ convertsimple(PyObject *arg, const char 
                 *p = PyUnicode_AsUnicodeAndSize(arg, &len);
                 if (*p == NULL)
                     RETURN_ERR_OCCURRED;
-                if (Py_UNICODE_strlen(*p) != (size_t)len) {
+                if (wcslen(*p) != (size_t)len) {
                     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
                     RETURN_ERR_OCCURRED;
                 }
@@ -1074,9 +1074,14 @@ convertsimple(PyObject *arg, const char 
             (PyBytes_Check(arg) || PyByteArray_Check(arg))) {
             s = arg;
             Py_INCREF(s);
-            if (PyObject_AsCharBuffer(s, &ptr, &size) < 0)
-                return converterr("(AsCharBuffer failed)",
-                                  arg, msgbuf, bufsize);
+            if (PyBytes_Check(arg)) {
+                size = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(s);
+                ptr = PyBytes_AS_STRING(s);
+            }
+            else {
+                size = PyByteArray_GET_SIZE(s);
+                ptr = PyByteArray_AS_STRING(s);
+            }
         }
         else if (PyUnicode_Check(arg)) {
             /* Encode object; use default error handling */
diff -r 36af3566b67a Python/modsupport.c
--- a/Python/modsupport.c	Thu Nov 03 15:38:58 2016 +0200
+++ b/Python/modsupport.c	Sat Nov 05 14:02:29 2016 +0200
@@ -286,8 +286,8 @@ do_mkvalue(const char **p_format, va_lis
             }
             else {
                 if (n < 0)
-                    n = Py_UNICODE_strlen(u);
-                v = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(u, n);
+                    n = wcslen(u);
+                v = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(u, n);
             }
             return v;
         }