4 files changed, 18 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject.h b/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject.h
index 360a9e1..23e2670 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_unicodeobject.h
@@ -434,6 +434,10 @@ struct _Py_unicode_state {
 extern void _PyUnicode_InternInPlace(PyInterpreterState *interp, PyObject **p);
 extern void _PyUnicode_ClearInterned(PyInterpreterState *interp);
 
+// Like PyUnicode_AsUTF8(), but check for embedded null characters.
+// Export for '_sqlite3' shared extension.
+PyAPI_FUNC(const char *) _PyUnicode_AsUTF8NoNUL(PyObject *);
+
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 10ef8a8..e6a971e 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -1020,15 +1020,10 @@ io_check_errors(PyObject *errors)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    Py_ssize_t name_length;
-    const char *name = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(errors, &name_length);
+    const char *name = _PyUnicode_AsUTF8NoNUL(errors);
     if (name == NULL) {
         return -1;
     }
-    if (strlen(name) != (size_t)name_length) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character in errors");
-        return -1;
-    }
     PyObject *handler = PyCodec_LookupError(name);
     if (handler != NULL) {
         Py_DECREF(handler);
diff --git a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
index 319ed0c..0a66339 100644
--- a/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
+++ b/Modules/_sqlite/connection.c
@@ -76,16 +76,10 @@ isolation_level_converter(PyObject *str_or_none, const char **result)
         *result = NULL;
     }
     else if (PyUnicode_Check(str_or_none)) {
-        Py_ssize_t sz;
-        const char *str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(str_or_none, &sz);
+        const char *str = _PyUnicode_AsUTF8NoNUL(str_or_none);
         if (str == NULL) {
             return 0;
         }
-        if (strlen(str) != (size_t)sz) {
-            PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
-            return 0;
-        }
-
         const char *level = get_isolation_level(str);
         if (level == NULL) {
             return 0;
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 53e1e56..f3f1305 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -3847,6 +3847,18 @@ PyUnicode_AsUTF8(PyObject *unicode)
     return PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(unicode, NULL);
 }
 
+const char *
+_PyUnicode_AsUTF8NoNUL(PyObject *unicode)
+{
+    Py_ssize_t size;
+    const char *s = PyUnicode_AsUTF8AndSize(unicode, &size);
+    if (s && strlen(s) != (size_t)size) {
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError, "embedded null character");
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
 /*
 PyUnicode_GetSize() has been deprecated since Python 3.3
 because it returned length of Py_UNICODE.