23 files changed, 752 insertions, 848 deletions

diff --git a/Objects/abstract.c b/Objects/abstract.c
index d838856..67b163d 100644
--- a/Objects/abstract.c
+++ b/Objects/abstract.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ PyObject_LengthHint(PyObject *o, Py_ssize_t defaultvalue)
         }
         return defaultvalue;
     }
-    result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(hint, NULL);
+    result = _PyObject_CallNoArg(hint);
     Py_DECREF(hint);
     if (result == NULL) {
         if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_TypeError)) {
@@ -252,14 +252,6 @@ PyObject_DelItemString(PyObject *o, const char *key)
    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)
@@ -2167,24 +2173,24 @@ PyMapping_Values(PyObject *o)
 /* XXX PyCallable_Check() is in object.c */
 
 PyObject *
-PyObject_CallObject(PyObject *o, PyObject *a)
+PyObject_CallObject(PyObject *callable, PyObject *args)
 {
-    return PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(o, a, NULL);
+    return PyEval_CallObjectWithKeywords(callable, args, NULL);
 }
 
 PyObject*
-_Py_CheckFunctionResult(PyObject *func, PyObject *result, const char *where)
+_Py_CheckFunctionResult(PyObject *callable, PyObject *result, const char *where)
 {
     int err_occurred = (PyErr_Occurred() != NULL);
 
-    assert((func != NULL) ^ (where != NULL));
+    assert((callable != NULL) ^ (where != NULL));
 
     if (result == NULL) {
         if (!err_occurred) {
-            if (func)
+            if (callable)
                 PyErr_Format(PyExc_SystemError,
                              "%R returned NULL without setting an error",
-                             func);
+                             callable);
             else
                 PyErr_Format(PyExc_SystemError,
                              "%s returned NULL without setting an error",
@@ -2200,10 +2206,10 @@ _Py_CheckFunctionResult(PyObject *func, PyObject *result, const char *where)
         if (err_occurred) {
             Py_DECREF(result);
 
-            if (func) {
+            if (callable) {
                 _PyErr_FormatFromCause(PyExc_SystemError,
                         "%R returned a result with an error set",
-                        func);
+                        callable);
             }
             else {
                 _PyErr_FormatFromCause(PyExc_SystemError,
@@ -2221,7 +2227,7 @@ _Py_CheckFunctionResult(PyObject *func, PyObject *result, const char *where)
 }
 
 PyObject *
-PyObject_Call(PyObject *func, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
+PyObject_Call(PyObject *callable, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     ternaryfunc call;
     PyObject *result;
@@ -2233,21 +2239,21 @@ PyObject_Call(PyObject *func, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
     assert(PyTuple_Check(args));
     assert(kwargs == NULL || PyDict_Check(kwargs));
 
-    call = func->ob_type->tp_call;
+    call = callable->ob_type->tp_call;
     if (call == NULL) {
         PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "'%.200s' object is not callable",
-                     func->ob_type->tp_name);
+                     callable->ob_type->tp_name);
         return NULL;
     }
 
     if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" while calling a Python object"))
         return NULL;
 
-    result = (*call)(func, args, kwargs);
+    result = (*call)(callable, args, kwargs);
 
     Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
 
-    return _Py_CheckFunctionResult(func, result, NULL);
+    return _Py_CheckFunctionResult(callable, result, NULL);
 }
 
 PyObject*
@@ -2271,7 +2277,7 @@ _PyStack_AsTuple(PyObject **stack, Py_ssize_t nargs)
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_FastCallDict(PyObject *func, PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
+_PyObject_FastCallDict(PyObject *callable, PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
                        PyObject *kwargs)
 {
     ternaryfunc call;
@@ -2282,7 +2288,7 @@ _PyObject_FastCallDict(PyObject *func, PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
        caller loses its exception */
     assert(!PyErr_Occurred());
 
-    assert(func != NULL);
+    assert(callable != NULL);
     assert(nargs >= 0);
     assert(nargs == 0 || args != NULL);
     assert(kwargs == NULL || PyDict_Check(kwargs));
@@ -2291,20 +2297,20 @@ _PyObject_FastCallDict(PyObject *func, PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (PyFunction_Check(func)) {
-        result = _PyFunction_FastCallDict(func, args, nargs, kwargs);
+    if (PyFunction_Check(callable)) {
+        result = _PyFunction_FastCallDict(callable, args, nargs, kwargs);
     }
-    else if (PyCFunction_Check(func)) {
-        result = _PyCFunction_FastCallDict(func, args, nargs, kwargs);
+    else if (PyCFunction_Check(callable)) {
+        result = _PyCFunction_FastCallDict(callable, args, nargs, kwargs);
     }
     else {
         PyObject *tuple;
 
         /* Slow-path: build a temporary tuple */
-        call = func->ob_type->tp_call;
+        call = callable->ob_type->tp_call;
         if (call == NULL) {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "'%.200s' object is not callable",
-                         func->ob_type->tp_name);
+                         callable->ob_type->tp_name);
             goto exit;
         }
 
@@ -2313,10 +2319,10 @@ _PyObject_FastCallDict(PyObject *func, PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs,
             goto exit;
         }
 
-        result = (*call)(func, tuple, kwargs);
+        result = (*call)(callable, tuple, kwargs);
         Py_DECREF(tuple);
 
-        result = _Py_CheckFunctionResult(func, result, NULL);
+        result = _Py_CheckFunctionResult(callable, result, NULL);
     }
 
 exit:
@@ -2325,12 +2331,13 @@ exit:
     return result;
 }
 
-/* Positional arguments are obj followed by args. */
+/* Positional arguments are obj followed by args:
+   call callable(obj, *args, **kwargs) */
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_Call_Prepend(PyObject *func,
+_PyObject_Call_Prepend(PyObject *callable,
                        PyObject *obj, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwargs)
 {
-    PyObject *small_stack[8];
+    PyObject *small_stack[_PY_FASTCALL_SMALL_STACK];
     PyObject **stack;
     Py_ssize_t argcount;
     PyObject *result;
@@ -2355,7 +2362,7 @@ _PyObject_Call_Prepend(PyObject *func,
               &PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0),
               argcount * sizeof(PyObject *));
 
-    result = _PyObject_FastCallDict(func,
+    result = _PyObject_FastCallDict(callable,
                                     stack, argcount + 1,
                                     kwargs);
     if (stack != small_stack) {
@@ -2371,7 +2378,7 @@ _PyStack_AsDict(PyObject **values, PyObject *kwnames)
     PyObject *kwdict;
     Py_ssize_t i;
 
-    kwdict = PyDict_New();
+    kwdict = _PyDict_NewPresized(nkwargs);
     if (kwdict == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -2446,56 +2453,120 @@ _PyStack_UnpackDict(PyObject **args, Py_ssize_t nargs, PyObject *kwargs,
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_FastCallKeywords(PyObject *func, PyObject **stack, Py_ssize_t nargs,
+_PyObject_FastCallKeywords(PyObject *callable, PyObject **stack, Py_ssize_t nargs,
                            PyObject *kwnames)
 {
-    PyObject *kwdict, *result;
-    Py_ssize_t nkwargs = (kwnames == NULL) ? 0 : PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames);
-
     assert(nargs >= 0);
     assert(kwnames == NULL || PyTuple_CheckExact(kwnames));
-    assert((nargs == 0 && nkwargs == 0) || stack != NULL);
+
     /* kwnames must only contains str strings, no subclass, and all keys must
-       be unique: these are implemented in Python/ceval.c and
+       be unique: these checks are implemented in Python/ceval.c and
        _PyArg_ParseStack(). */
 
-    if (PyFunction_Check(func)) {
-        return _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords(func, stack, nargs, kwnames);
+    if (PyFunction_Check(callable)) {
+        return _PyFunction_FastCallKeywords(callable, stack, nargs, kwnames);
     }
-
-    if (PyCFunction_Check(func)) {
-        return _PyCFunction_FastCallKeywords(func, stack, nargs, kwnames);
+    if (PyCFunction_Check(callable)) {
+        return _PyCFunction_FastCallKeywords(callable, stack, nargs, kwnames);
     }
+    else {
+        /* Slow-path: build a temporary tuple for positional arguments and a
+           temporary dictionary for keyword arguments (if any) */
+
+        ternaryfunc call;
+        PyObject *argtuple;
+        PyObject *kwdict, *result;
+        Py_ssize_t nkwargs;
+
+        result = NULL;
+        nkwargs = (kwnames == NULL) ? 0 : PyTuple_GET_SIZE(kwnames);
+        assert((nargs == 0 && nkwargs == 0) || stack != NULL);
 
-    if (nkwargs > 0) {
-        kwdict = _PyStack_AsDict(stack + nargs, kwnames);
-        if (kwdict == NULL) {
+        if (Py_EnterRecursiveCall(" while calling a Python object")) {
             return NULL;
         }
-    }
-    else {
-        kwdict = NULL;
-    }
 
-    result = _PyObject_FastCallDict(func, stack, nargs, kwdict);
-    Py_XDECREF(kwdict);
-    return result;
+        call = callable->ob_type->tp_call;
+        if (call == NULL) {
+            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "'%.200s' object is not callable",
+                         callable->ob_type->tp_name);
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        argtuple = _PyStack_AsTuple(stack, nargs);
+        if (argtuple == NULL) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+
+        if (nkwargs > 0) {
+            kwdict = _PyStack_AsDict(stack + nargs, kwnames);
+            if (kwdict == NULL) {
+                Py_DECREF(argtuple);
+                goto exit;
+            }
+        }
+        else {
+            kwdict = NULL;
+        }
+
+        result = (*call)(callable, argtuple, kwdict);
+        Py_DECREF(argtuple);
+        Py_XDECREF(kwdict);
+
+    exit:
+        Py_LeaveRecursiveCall();
+        return result;
+    }
 }
 
-static PyObject*
-call_function_tail(PyObject *callable, PyObject *args)
+static PyObject *
+_PyObject_CallFunctionVa(PyObject *callable, const char *format,
+                         va_list va, int is_size_t)
 {
+    PyObject* small_stack[_PY_FASTCALL_SMALL_STACK];
+    const Py_ssize_t small_stack_len = Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(small_stack);
+    PyObject **stack;
+    Py_ssize_t nargs, i;
     PyObject *result;
 
-    assert(args != NULL);
+    if (callable == NULL) {
+        return null_error();
+    }
+
+    if (!format || !*format) {
+        return _PyObject_CallNoArg(callable);
+    }
+
+    if (is_size_t) {
+        stack = _Py_VaBuildStack(small_stack, small_stack_len, format, va, &nargs);
+    }
+    else {
+        stack = _Py_VaBuildStack_SizeT(small_stack, small_stack_len, format, va, &nargs);
+    }
+    if (stack == NULL) {
+        return NULL;
+    }
 
-    if (!PyTuple_Check(args)) {
-        result = _PyObject_CallArg1(callable, args);
+    if (nargs == 1 && PyTuple_Check(stack[0])) {
+        /* Special cases for backward compatibility:
+           - PyObject_CallFunction(func, "O", tuple) calls func(*tuple)
+           - PyObject_CallFunction(func, "(OOO)", arg1, arg2, arg3) calls
+             func(*(arg1, arg2, arg3)): func(arg1, arg2, arg3) */
+        PyObject *args = stack[0];
+        result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable,
+                                    &PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0),
+                                    PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args));
     }
     else {
-        result = PyObject_Call(callable, args, NULL);
+        result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable, stack, nargs);
     }
 
+    for (i = 0; i < nargs; ++i) {
+        Py_DECREF(stack[i]);
+    }
+    if (stack != small_stack) {
+        PyMem_Free(stack);
+    }
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -2503,25 +2574,12 @@ PyObject *
 PyObject_CallFunction(PyObject *callable, const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *args, *result;
-
-    if (callable == NULL) {
-        return null_error();
-    }
-
-    if (!format || !*format) {
-        return _PyObject_CallNoArg(callable);
-    }
+    PyObject *result;
 
     va_start(va, format);
-    args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, va);
+    result = _PyObject_CallFunctionVa(callable, format, va, 0);
     va_end(va);
-    if (args == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
-    result = call_function_tail(callable, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args);
     return result;
 }
 
@@ -2529,289 +2587,227 @@ PyObject *
 _PyObject_CallFunction_SizeT(PyObject *callable, const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *args, *result;
-
-    if (callable == NULL) {
-        return null_error();
-    }
-
-    if (!format || !*format) {
-        return _PyObject_CallNoArg(callable);
-    }
+    PyObject *result;
 
     va_start(va, format);
-    args = _Py_VaBuildValue_SizeT(format, va);
+    result = _PyObject_CallFunctionVa(callable, format, va, 1);
     va_end(va);
-    if (args == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
-    result = call_function_tail(callable, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args);
     return result;
 }
 
 static PyObject*
-callmethod(PyObject* func, const char *format, va_list va, int is_size_t)
+callmethod(PyObject* callable, const char *format, va_list va, int is_size_t)
 {
-    PyObject *args, *result;
-
-    assert(func != NULL);
+    assert(callable != NULL);
 
-    if (!PyCallable_Check(func)) {
-        type_error("attribute of type '%.200s' is not callable", func);
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!format || !*format) {
-        return _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
-    }
-
-    if (is_size_t) {
-        args = _Py_VaBuildValue_SizeT(format, va);
-    }
-    else {
-        args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, va);
-    }
-    if (args == NULL) {
+    if (!PyCallable_Check(callable)) {
+        type_error("attribute of type '%.200s' is not callable", callable);
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    result = call_function_tail(func, args);
-    Py_DECREF(args);
-    return result;
+    return _PyObject_CallFunctionVa(callable, format, va, is_size_t);
 }
 
 PyObject *
-PyObject_CallMethod(PyObject *o, const char *name, const char *format, ...)
+PyObject_CallMethod(PyObject *obj, const char *name, const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL;
-    PyObject *retval = NULL;
+    PyObject *callable, *retval;
 
-    if (o == NULL || name == NULL) {
+    if (obj == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
-    func = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, name);
-    if (func == NULL)
+    callable = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, name);
+    if (callable == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     va_start(va, format);
-    retval = callmethod(func, format, va, 0);
+    retval = callmethod(callable, format, va, 0);
     va_end(va);
-    Py_DECREF(func);
+
+    Py_DECREF(callable);
     return retval;
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_CallMethodId(PyObject *o, _Py_Identifier *name,
+_PyObject_CallMethodId(PyObject *obj, _Py_Identifier *name,
                        const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL;
-    PyObject *retval = NULL;
+    PyObject *callable, *retval;
 
-    if (o == NULL || name == NULL) {
+    if (obj == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
-    func = _PyObject_GetAttrId(o, name);
-    if (func == NULL)
+    callable = _PyObject_GetAttrId(obj, name);
+    if (callable == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     va_start(va, format);
-    retval = callmethod(func, format, va, 0);
+    retval = callmethod(callable, format, va, 0);
     va_end(va);
-    Py_DECREF(func);
+
+    Py_DECREF(callable);
     return retval;
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_CallMethod_SizeT(PyObject *o, const char *name,
+_PyObject_CallMethod_SizeT(PyObject *obj, const char *name,
                            const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL;
-    PyObject *retval;
+    PyObject *callable, *retval;
 
-    if (o == NULL || name == NULL) {
+    if (obj == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
-    func = PyObject_GetAttrString(o, name);
-    if (func == NULL)
+    callable = PyObject_GetAttrString(obj, name);
+    if (callable == NULL)
         return NULL;
+
     va_start(va, format);
-    retval = callmethod(func, format, va, 1);
+    retval = callmethod(callable, format, va, 1);
     va_end(va);
-    Py_DECREF(func);
+
+    Py_DECREF(callable);
     return retval;
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_CallMethodId_SizeT(PyObject *o, _Py_Identifier *name,
+_PyObject_CallMethodId_SizeT(PyObject *obj, _Py_Identifier *name,
                              const char *format, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL;
-    PyObject *retval;
+    PyObject *callable, *retval;
 
-    if (o == NULL || name == NULL) {
+    if (obj == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
-    func = _PyObject_GetAttrId(o, name);
-    if (func == NULL) {
+    callable = _PyObject_GetAttrId(obj, name);
+    if (callable == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
+
     va_start(va, format);
-    retval = callmethod(func, format, va, 1);
+    retval = callmethod(callable, format, va, 1);
     va_end(va);
-    Py_DECREF(func);
+
+    Py_DECREF(callable);
     return retval;
 }
 
-static PyObject **
-objargs_mkstack(PyObject **small_stack, Py_ssize_t small_stack_size,
-                va_list va, Py_ssize_t *p_nargs)
+PyObject *
+_PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(PyObject *callable, va_list vargs)
 {
-    Py_ssize_t i, n;
-    va_list countva;
+    PyObject *small_stack[_PY_FASTCALL_SMALL_STACK];
     PyObject **stack;
+    Py_ssize_t nargs;
+    PyObject *result;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
+    va_list countva;
 
-    /* Count the number of arguments */
-    va_copy(countva, va);
+    if (callable == NULL) {
+        return null_error();
+    }
 
-    n = 0;
+    /* Count the number of arguments */
+    va_copy(countva, vargs);
+    nargs = 0;
     while (1) {
         PyObject *arg = va_arg(countva, PyObject *);
         if (arg == NULL) {
             break;
         }
-        n++;
+        nargs++;
     }
-    *p_nargs = n;
+    va_end(countva);
 
     /* Copy arguments */
-    if (n <= small_stack_size) {
+    if (nargs <= (Py_ssize_t)Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(small_stack)) {
         stack = small_stack;
     }
     else {
-        stack = PyMem_Malloc(n * sizeof(stack[0]));
+        stack = PyMem_Malloc(nargs * sizeof(stack[0]));
         if (stack == NULL) {
-            va_end(countva);
             PyErr_NoMemory();
             return NULL;
         }
     }
 
-    for (i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
-        stack[i] = va_arg(va, PyObject *);
+    for (i = 0; i < nargs; ++i) {
+        stack[i] = va_arg(vargs, PyObject *);
     }
-    va_end(countva);
-    return stack;
+
+    /* Call the function */
+    result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable, stack, nargs);
+
+    if (stack != small_stack) {
+        PyMem_Free(stack);
+    }
+    return result;
 }
 
 PyObject *
 PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs(PyObject *callable, PyObject *name, ...)
 {
-    PyObject *small_stack[5];
-    PyObject **stack;
-    Py_ssize_t nargs;
-    PyObject *result;
     va_list vargs;
+    PyObject *result;
 
     if (callable == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
     callable = PyObject_GetAttr(callable, name);
-    if (callable == NULL)
+    if (callable == NULL) {
         return NULL;
+    }
 
-    /* count the args */
     va_start(vargs, name);
-    stack = objargs_mkstack(small_stack, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(small_stack),
-                            vargs, &nargs);
+    result = _PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(callable, vargs);
     va_end(vargs);
-    if (stack == NULL) {
-        Py_DECREF(callable);
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
-    result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable, stack, nargs);
     Py_DECREF(callable);
-    if (stack != small_stack) {
-        PyMem_Free(stack);
-    }
-
     return result;
 }
 
 PyObject *
-_PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs(PyObject *callable,
-        struct _Py_Identifier *name, ...)
+_PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs(PyObject *obj,
+                              struct _Py_Identifier *name, ...)
 {
-    PyObject *small_stack[5];
-    PyObject **stack;
-    Py_ssize_t nargs;
-    PyObject *result;
     va_list vargs;
+    PyObject *callable, *result;
 
-    if (callable == NULL || name == NULL) {
+    if (obj == NULL || name == NULL) {
         return null_error();
     }
 
-    callable = _PyObject_GetAttrId(callable, name);
-    if (callable == NULL)
+    callable = _PyObject_GetAttrId(obj, name);
+    if (callable == NULL) {
         return NULL;
+    }
 
-    /* count the args */
     va_start(vargs, name);
-    stack = objargs_mkstack(small_stack, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(small_stack),
-                            vargs, &nargs);
+    result = _PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(callable, vargs);
     va_end(vargs);
-    if (stack == NULL) {
-        Py_DECREF(callable);
-        return NULL;
-    }
 
-    result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable, stack, nargs);
     Py_DECREF(callable);
-    if (stack != small_stack) {
-        PyMem_Free(stack);
-    }
-
     return result;
 }
 
 PyObject *
 PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(PyObject *callable, ...)
 {
-    PyObject *small_stack[5];
-    PyObject **stack;
-    Py_ssize_t nargs;
-    PyObject *result;
     va_list vargs;
+    PyObject *result;
 
-    if (callable == NULL) {
-        return null_error();
-    }
-
-    /* count the args */
     va_start(vargs, callable);
-    stack = objargs_mkstack(small_stack, Py_ARRAY_LENGTH(small_stack),
-                            vargs, &nargs);
+    result = _PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(callable, vargs);
     va_end(vargs);
-    if (stack == NULL) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    result = _PyObject_FastCall(callable, stack, nargs);
-    if (stack != small_stack) {
-        PyMem_Free(stack);
-    }
 
     return result;
 }
@@ -3111,7 +3107,8 @@ PyObject *
 PyObject_GetIter(PyObject *o)
 {
     PyTypeObject *t = o->ob_type;
-    getiterfunc f = NULL;
+    getiterfunc f;
+
     f = t->tp_iter;
     if (f == NULL) {
         if (PySequence_Check(o))
diff --git a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
index c6d0707..16b4fd7 100644
--- a/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytearrayobject.c
@@ -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 --git a/Objects/bytesobject.c b/Objects/bytesobject.c
index 779fe29..0a5c0ae 100644
--- a/Objects/bytesobject.c
+++ b/Objects/bytesobject.c
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ format_obj(PyObject *v, const char **pbuf, Py_ssize_t *plen)
     /* does it support __bytes__? */
     func = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(v, &PyId___bytes__);
     if (func != NULL) {
-        result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, NULL);
+        result = _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
         Py_DECREF(func);
         if (result == NULL)
             return NULL;
@@ -2569,7 +2569,7 @@ bytes_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
        PyObject_Bytes doesn't do. */
     func = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(x, &PyId___bytes__);
     if (func != NULL) {
-        new = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, NULL);
+        new = _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
         Py_DECREF(func);
         if (new == NULL)
             return NULL;
@@ -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 --git a/Objects/codeobject.c b/Objects/codeobject.c
index f7f91a8..788818d 100644
--- a/Objects/codeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/codeobject.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ PyCode_New(int argcount, int kwonlyargcount,
 
     /* 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) ||
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ PyCode_New(int argcount, int kwonlyargcount,
         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 --git a/Objects/complexobject.c b/Objects/complexobject.c
index 31e1278..0d391e5 100644
--- a/Objects/complexobject.c
+++ b/Objects/complexobject.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ try_complex_special_method(PyObject *op) {
 
     f = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(op, &PyId___complex__);
     if (f) {
-        PyObject *res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(f, NULL);
+        PyObject *res = _PyObject_CallNoArg(f);
         Py_DECREF(f);
         if (res != NULL && !PyComplex_Check(res)) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError,
diff --git a/Objects/descrobject.c b/Objects/descrobject.c
index 076e741..090c9cd 100644
--- a/Objects/descrobject.c
+++ b/Objects/descrobject.c
@@ -804,7 +804,8 @@ mappingproxy_get(mappingproxyobject *pp, PyObject *args)
 
     if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "get", 1, 2, &key, &def))
         return NULL;
-    return _PyObject_CallMethodId(pp->mapping, &PyId_get, "(OO)", key, def);
+    return _PyObject_CallMethodIdObjArgs(pp->mapping, &PyId_get,
+                                         key, def, NULL);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -1453,7 +1454,7 @@ property_copy(PyObject *old, PyObject *get, PyObject *set, PyObject *del)
         doc = pold->prop_doc ? pold->prop_doc : Py_None;
     }
 
-    new =  PyObject_CallFunction(type, "OOOO", get, set, del, doc);
+    new =  PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(type, get, set, del, doc, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(type);
     if (new == NULL)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/dict-common.h b/Objects/dict-common.h
index ce9edab..6218552 100644
--- a/Objects/dict-common.h
+++ b/Objects/dict-common.h
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ typedef struct {
  * -1 when no entry found, -3 when compare raises error.
  */
 typedef Py_ssize_t (*dict_lookup_func)
-(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
  Py_ssize_t *hashpos);
 
 #define DKIX_EMPTY (-1)
diff --git a/Objects/dictobject.c b/Objects/dictobject.c
index 5fff34b..6a7e831 100644
--- a/Objects/dictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/dictobject.c
@@ -10,8 +10,9 @@
 
 This implements the dictionary's hashtable.
 
-As of Python 3.6, this is compact and ordered. Basic idea is described here.
-https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html
+As of Python 3.6, this is compact and ordered. Basic idea is described here:
+* https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-December/123028.html
+* https://morepypy.blogspot.com/2015/01/faster-more-memory-efficient-and-more.html
 
 layout:
 
@@ -222,17 +223,17 @@ equally good collision statistics, needed less code & used less memory.
 
 /* forward declarations */
 static Py_ssize_t lookdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                           Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+                           Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
                            Py_ssize_t *hashpos);
 static Py_ssize_t lookdict_unicode(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                                   Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+                                   Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
                                    Py_ssize_t *hashpos);
 static Py_ssize_t
 lookdict_unicode_nodummy(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+                         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
                          Py_ssize_t *hashpos);
 static Py_ssize_t lookdict_split(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                                 Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+                                 Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
                                  Py_ssize_t *hashpos);
 
 static int dictresize(PyDictObject *mp, Py_ssize_t minused);
@@ -682,9 +683,9 @@ the <dummy> value.
 For both, when the key isn't found a DKIX_EMPTY is returned. hashpos returns
 where the key index should be inserted.
 */
-static Py_ssize_t
+static Py_ssize_t _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 lookdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
+         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
 {
     size_t i, mask;
     Py_ssize_t ix, freeslot;
@@ -713,7 +714,7 @@ top:
         ep = &ep0[ix];
         assert(ep->me_key != NULL);
         if (ep->me_key == key) {
-            *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+            *value_addr = ep->me_value;
             if (hashpos != NULL)
                 *hashpos = i;
             return ix;
@@ -729,7 +730,7 @@ top:
             }
             if (dk == mp->ma_keys && ep->me_key == startkey) {
                 if (cmp > 0) {
-                    *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+                    *value_addr = ep->me_value;
                     if (hashpos != NULL)
                         *hashpos = i;
                     return ix;
@@ -765,7 +766,7 @@ top:
             if (hashpos != NULL) {
                 *hashpos = i;
             }
-            *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+            *value_addr = ep->me_value;
             return ix;
         }
         if (ep->me_hash == hash) {
@@ -782,7 +783,7 @@ top:
                     if (hashpos != NULL) {
                         *hashpos = i;
                     }
-                    *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+                    *value_addr = ep->me_value;
                     return ix;
                 }
             }
@@ -797,9 +798,9 @@ top:
 }
 
 /* Specialized version for string-only keys */
-static Py_ssize_t
+static Py_ssize_t _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 lookdict_unicode(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                 Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
+                 Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
 {
     size_t i;
     size_t mask = DK_MASK(mp->ma_keys);
@@ -833,7 +834,7 @@ lookdict_unicode(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
             || (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
             if (hashpos != NULL)
                 *hashpos = i;
-            *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+            *value_addr = ep->me_value;
             return ix;
         }
         freeslot = -1;
@@ -859,7 +860,7 @@ lookdict_unicode(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
         assert(ep->me_key != NULL);
         if (ep->me_key == key
             || (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
-            *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+            *value_addr = ep->me_value;
             if (hashpos != NULL) {
                 *hashpos = i;
             }
@@ -872,9 +873,9 @@ lookdict_unicode(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
 
 /* Faster version of lookdict_unicode when it is known that no <dummy> keys
  * will be present. */
-static Py_ssize_t
+static Py_ssize_t _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 lookdict_unicode_nodummy(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-                         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr,
+                         Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr,
                          Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
 {
     size_t i;
@@ -907,7 +908,7 @@ lookdict_unicode_nodummy(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
         (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
         if (hashpos != NULL)
             *hashpos = i;
-        *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+        *value_addr = ep->me_value;
         return ix;
     }
     for (size_t perturb = hash;;) {
@@ -927,7 +928,7 @@ lookdict_unicode_nodummy(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
             (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
             if (hashpos != NULL)
                 *hashpos = i;
-            *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+            *value_addr = ep->me_value;
             return ix;
         }
     }
@@ -940,9 +941,9 @@ lookdict_unicode_nodummy(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
  * Split tables only contain unicode keys and no dummy keys,
  * so algorithm is the same as lookdict_unicode_nodummy.
  */
-static Py_ssize_t
+static Py_ssize_t _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 lookdict_split(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
-               Py_hash_t hash, PyObject ***value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
+               Py_hash_t hash, PyObject **value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
 {
     size_t i;
     size_t mask = DK_MASK(mp->ma_keys);
@@ -954,7 +955,7 @@ lookdict_split(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key)) {
         ix = lookdict(mp, key, hash, value_addr, hashpos);
         if (ix >= 0) {
-            *value_addr = &mp->ma_values[ix];
+            *value_addr = mp->ma_values[ix];
         }
         return ix;
     }
@@ -974,7 +975,7 @@ lookdict_split(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
         (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
         if (hashpos != NULL)
             *hashpos = i;
-        *value_addr = &mp->ma_values[ix];
+        *value_addr = mp->ma_values[ix];
         return ix;
     }
     for (size_t perturb = hash;;) {
@@ -994,7 +995,7 @@ lookdict_split(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key,
             (ep->me_hash == hash && unicode_eq(ep->me_key, key))) {
             if (hashpos != NULL)
                 *hashpos = i;
-            *value_addr = &mp->ma_values[ix];
+            *value_addr = mp->ma_values[ix];
             return ix;
         }
     }
@@ -1067,32 +1068,24 @@ _PyDict_MaybeUntrack(PyObject *op)
    when it is known that the key is not present in the dict.
 
    The dict must be combined. */
-static void
-find_empty_slot(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash,
-                PyObject ***value_addr, Py_ssize_t *hashpos)
+static Py_ssize_t
+find_empty_slot(PyDictKeysObject *keys, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
 {
     size_t i;
-    size_t mask = DK_MASK(mp->ma_keys);
+    size_t mask = DK_MASK(keys);
     Py_ssize_t ix;
-    PyDictKeyEntry *ep, *ep0 = DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys);
 
-    assert(!_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp));
-    assert(hashpos != NULL);
     assert(key != NULL);
 
-    if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key))
-        mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup = lookdict;
     i = hash & mask;
-    ix = dk_get_index(mp->ma_keys, i);
+    ix = dk_get_index(keys, i);
     for (size_t perturb = hash; ix != DKIX_EMPTY;) {
         perturb >>= PERTURB_SHIFT;
         i = (i << 2) + i + perturb + 1;
-        ix = dk_get_index(mp->ma_keys, i & mask);
+        ix = dk_get_index(keys, i & mask);
     }
-    ep = &ep0[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries];
-    *hashpos = i & mask;
-    assert(ep->me_value == NULL);
-    *value_addr = &ep->me_value;
+    assert(DK_ENTRIES(keys)[keys->dk_nentries].me_value == NULL);
+    return i & mask;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -1110,8 +1103,7 @@ static int
 insertdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject *value)
 {
     PyObject *old_value;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
-    PyDictKeyEntry *ep, *ep0;
+    PyDictKeyEntry *ep;
     Py_ssize_t hashpos, ix;
 
     if (mp->ma_values != NULL && !PyUnicode_CheckExact(key)) {
@@ -1119,7 +1111,7 @@ insertdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject *value)
             return -1;
     }
 
-    ix = mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+    ix = mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup(mp, key, hash, &old_value, &hashpos);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR) {
         return -1;
     }
@@ -1132,28 +1124,28 @@ insertdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject *value)
      * the key anymore.  Convert this instance to combine table.
      */
     if (_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp) &&
-        ((ix >= 0 && *value_addr == NULL && mp->ma_used != ix) ||
+        ((ix >= 0 && old_value == NULL && mp->ma_used != ix) ||
          (ix == DKIX_EMPTY && mp->ma_used != mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries))) {
         if (insertion_resize(mp) < 0) {
             Py_DECREF(value);
             return -1;
         }
-        find_empty_slot(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+        hashpos = find_empty_slot(mp->ma_keys, key, hash);
         ix = DKIX_EMPTY;
     }
 
     if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY) {
         /* Insert into new slot. */
+        assert(old_value == NULL);
         if (mp->ma_keys->dk_usable <= 0) {
             /* Need to resize. */
             if (insertion_resize(mp) < 0) {
                 Py_DECREF(value);
                 return -1;
             }
-            find_empty_slot(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+            hashpos = find_empty_slot(mp->ma_keys, key, hash);
         }
-        ep0 = DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys);
-        ep = &ep0[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries];
+        ep = &DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys)[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries];
         dk_set_index(mp->ma_keys, hashpos, mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries);
         Py_INCREF(key);
         ep->me_key = key;
@@ -1174,64 +1166,41 @@ insertdict(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash, PyObject *value)
         return 0;
     }
 
-    assert(value_addr != NULL);
-
-    old_value = *value_addr;
-    if (old_value != NULL) {
-        *value_addr = value;
-        mp->ma_version_tag = DICT_NEXT_VERSION();
-        assert(_PyDict_CheckConsistency(mp));
-
-        Py_DECREF(old_value); /* which **CAN** re-enter (see issue #22653) */
-        return 0;
+    if (_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp)) {
+        mp->ma_values[ix] = value;
+        if (old_value == NULL) {
+            /* pending state */
+            assert(ix == mp->ma_used);
+            mp->ma_used++;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
+        assert(old_value != NULL);
+        DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys)[ix].me_value = value;
     }
 
-    /* pending state */
-    assert(_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp));
-    assert(ix == mp->ma_used);
-    *value_addr = value;
-    mp->ma_used++;
     mp->ma_version_tag = DICT_NEXT_VERSION();
+    Py_XDECREF(old_value); /* which **CAN** re-enter (see issue #22653) */
     assert(_PyDict_CheckConsistency(mp));
     return 0;
 }
 
 /*
-Internal routine used by dictresize() to insert an item which is
-known to be absent from the dict.  This routine also assumes that
-the dict contains no deleted entries.  Besides the performance benefit,
-using insertdict() in dictresize() is dangerous (SF bug #1456209).
-Note that no refcounts are changed by this routine; if needed, the caller
-is responsible for incref'ing `key` and `value`.
-Neither mp->ma_used nor k->dk_usable are modified by this routine; the caller
-must set them correctly
+Internal routine used by dictresize() to buid a hashtable of entries.
 */
 static void
-insertdict_clean(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash,
-                 PyObject *value)
+build_indices(PyDictKeysObject *keys, PyDictKeyEntry *ep, Py_ssize_t n)
 {
-    size_t i;
-    PyDictKeysObject *k = mp->ma_keys;
-    size_t mask = (size_t)DK_SIZE(k)-1;
-    PyDictKeyEntry *ep0 = DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys);
-    PyDictKeyEntry *ep;
-
-    assert(k->dk_lookup != NULL);
-    assert(value != NULL);
-    assert(key != NULL);
-    assert(PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) || k->dk_lookup == lookdict);
-    i = hash & mask;
-    for (size_t perturb = hash; dk_get_index(k, i) != DKIX_EMPTY;) {
-        perturb >>= PERTURB_SHIFT;
-        i = mask & ((i << 2) + i + perturb + 1);
+    size_t mask = (size_t)DK_SIZE(keys) - 1;
+    for (Py_ssize_t ix = 0; ix != n; ix++, ep++) {
+        Py_hash_t hash = ep->me_hash;
+        size_t i = hash & mask;
+        for (size_t perturb = hash; dk_get_index(keys, i) != DKIX_EMPTY;) {
+            perturb >>= PERTURB_SHIFT;
+            i = mask & ((i << 2) + i + perturb + 1);
+        }
+        dk_set_index(keys, i, ix);
     }
-    ep = &ep0[k->dk_nentries];
-    assert(ep->me_value == NULL);
-    dk_set_index(k, i, k->dk_nentries);
-    k->dk_nentries++;
-    ep->me_key = key;
-    ep->me_hash = hash;
-    ep->me_value = value;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1247,10 +1216,10 @@ but can be resplit by make_keys_shared().
 static int
 dictresize(PyDictObject *mp, Py_ssize_t minsize)
 {
-    Py_ssize_t i, newsize;
+    Py_ssize_t newsize, numentries;
     PyDictKeysObject *oldkeys;
     PyObject **oldvalues;
-    PyDictKeyEntry *ep0;
+    PyDictKeyEntry *oldentries, *newentries;
 
     /* Find the smallest table size > minused. */
     for (newsize = PyDict_MINSIZE;
@@ -1261,8 +1230,14 @@ dictresize(PyDictObject *mp, Py_ssize_t minsize)
         PyErr_NoMemory();
         return -1;
     }
+
     oldkeys = mp->ma_keys;
-    oldvalues = mp->ma_values;
+
+    /* NOTE: Current odict checks mp->ma_keys to detect resize happen.
+     * So we can't reuse oldkeys even if oldkeys->dk_size == newsize.
+     * TODO: Try reusing oldkeys when reimplement odict.
+     */
+
     /* Allocate a new table. */
     mp->ma_keys = new_keys_object(newsize);
     if (mp->ma_keys == NULL) {
@@ -1273,42 +1248,59 @@ dictresize(PyDictObject *mp, Py_ssize_t minsize)
     assert(mp->ma_keys->dk_usable >= mp->ma_used);
     if (oldkeys->dk_lookup == lookdict)
         mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup = lookdict;
-    mp->ma_values = NULL;
-    ep0 = DK_ENTRIES(oldkeys);
-    /* Main loop below assumes we can transfer refcount to new keys
-     * and that value is stored in me_value.
-     * Increment ref-counts and copy values here to compensate
-     * This (resizing a split table) should be relatively rare */
+
+    numentries = mp->ma_used;
+    oldentries = DK_ENTRIES(oldkeys);
+    newentries = DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys);
+    oldvalues = mp->ma_values;
     if (oldvalues != NULL) {
-        for (i = 0; i < oldkeys->dk_nentries; i++) {
-            if (oldvalues[i] != NULL) {
-                Py_INCREF(ep0[i].me_key);
-                ep0[i].me_value = oldvalues[i];
-            }
-        }
-    }
-    /* Main loop */
-    for (i = 0; i < oldkeys->dk_nentries; i++) {
-        PyDictKeyEntry *ep = &ep0[i];
-        if (ep->me_value != NULL) {
-            insertdict_clean(mp, ep->me_key, ep->me_hash, ep->me_value);
+        /* Convert split table into new combined table.
+         * We must incref keys; we can transfer values.
+         * Note that values of split table is always dense.
+         */
+        for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < numentries; i++) {
+            assert(oldvalues[i] != NULL);
+            PyDictKeyEntry *ep = &oldentries[i];
+            PyObject *key = ep->me_key;
+            Py_INCREF(key);
+            newentries[i].me_key = key;
+            newentries[i].me_hash = ep->me_hash;
+            newentries[i].me_value = oldvalues[i];
         }
-    }
-    mp->ma_keys->dk_usable -= mp->ma_used;
-    if (oldvalues != NULL) {
-        /* NULL out me_value slot in oldkeys, in case it was shared */
-        for (i = 0; i < oldkeys->dk_nentries; i++)
-            ep0[i].me_value = NULL;
+
         DK_DECREF(oldkeys);
+        mp->ma_values = NULL;
         if (oldvalues != empty_values) {
             free_values(oldvalues);
         }
     }
-    else {
+    else {  // combined table.
+        if (oldkeys->dk_nentries == numentries) {
+            memcpy(newentries, oldentries, numentries * sizeof(PyDictKeyEntry));
+        }
+        else {
+            PyDictKeyEntry *ep = oldentries;
+            for (Py_ssize_t i = 0; i < numentries; i++) {
+                while (ep->me_value == NULL)
+                    ep++;
+                newentries[i] = *ep++;
+            }
+        }
+
         assert(oldkeys->dk_lookup != lookdict_split);
         assert(oldkeys->dk_refcnt == 1);
-        DK_DEBUG_DECREF PyObject_FREE(oldkeys);
+        if (oldkeys->dk_size == PyDict_MINSIZE &&
+            numfreekeys < PyDict_MAXFREELIST) {
+            DK_DEBUG_DECREF keys_free_list[numfreekeys++] = oldkeys;
+        }
+        else {
+            DK_DEBUG_DECREF PyObject_FREE(oldkeys);
+        }
     }
+
+    build_indices(mp->ma_keys, newentries, numentries);
+    mp->ma_keys->dk_usable -= numentries;
+    mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries = numentries;
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1402,7 +1394,7 @@ PyDict_GetItem(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
     PyThreadState *tstate;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyDict_Check(op))
         return NULL;
@@ -1421,25 +1413,25 @@ PyDict_GetItem(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
        Let's just hope that no exception occurs then...  This must be
        _PyThreadState_Current and not PyThreadState_GET() because in debug
        mode, the latter complains if tstate is NULL. */
-    tstate = _PyThreadState_UncheckedGet();
+    tstate = PyThreadState_GET();
     if (tstate != NULL && tstate->curexc_type != NULL) {
         /* preserve the existing exception */
         PyObject *err_type, *err_value, *err_tb;
         PyErr_Fetch(&err_type, &err_value, &err_tb);
-        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
         /* ignore errors */
         PyErr_Restore(err_type, err_value, err_tb);
         if (ix < 0)
             return NULL;
     }
     else {
-        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
         if (ix < 0) {
             PyErr_Clear();
             return NULL;
         }
     }
-    return *value_addr;
+    return value;
 }
 
 /* Same as PyDict_GetItemWithError() but with hash supplied by caller.
@@ -1451,18 +1443,18 @@ _PyDict_GetItem_KnownHash(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
 {
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyDict_Check(op)) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix < 0) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    return *value_addr;
+    return value;
 }
 
 /* Variant of PyDict_GetItem() that doesn't suppress exceptions.
@@ -1475,7 +1467,7 @@ PyDict_GetItemWithError(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     Py_hash_t hash;
     PyDictObject*mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyDict_Check(op)) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
@@ -1490,10 +1482,10 @@ PyDict_GetItemWithError(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
         }
     }
 
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix < 0)
         return NULL;
-    return *value_addr;
+    return value;
 }
 
 PyObject *
@@ -1518,7 +1510,7 @@ _PyDict_LoadGlobal(PyDictObject *globals, PyDictObject *builtins, PyObject *key)
 {
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     Py_hash_t hash;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) ||
         (hash = ((PyASCIIObject *) key)->hash) == -1)
@@ -1529,17 +1521,17 @@ _PyDict_LoadGlobal(PyDictObject *globals, PyDictObject *builtins, PyObject *key)
     }
 
     /* namespace 1: globals */
-    ix = globals->ma_keys->dk_lookup(globals, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = globals->ma_keys->dk_lookup(globals, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
-    if (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && *value_addr != NULL)
-        return *value_addr;
+    if (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && value != NULL)
+        return value;
 
     /* namespace 2: builtins */
-    ix = builtins->ma_keys->dk_lookup(builtins, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = builtins->ma_keys->dk_lookup(builtins, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix < 0)
         return NULL;
-    return *value_addr;
+    return value;
 }
 
 /* CAUTION: PyDict_SetItem() must guarantee that it won't resize the
@@ -1614,7 +1606,6 @@ _PyDict_DelItem_KnownHash(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
     PyDictObject *mp;
     PyDictKeyEntry *ep;
     PyObject *old_key, *old_value;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
 
     if (!PyDict_Check(op)) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
@@ -1623,10 +1614,10 @@ _PyDict_DelItem_KnownHash(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
     assert(key);
     assert(hash != -1);
     mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &old_value, &hashpos);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return -1;
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || *value_addr == NULL) {
+    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || old_value == NULL) {
         _PyErr_SetKeyError(key);
         return -1;
     }
@@ -1637,13 +1628,11 @@ _PyDict_DelItem_KnownHash(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
         if (dictresize(mp, DK_SIZE(mp->ma_keys))) {
             return -1;
         }
-        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &old_value, &hashpos);
         assert(ix >= 0);
     }
 
-    old_value = *value_addr;
     assert(old_value != NULL);
-    *value_addr = NULL;
     mp->ma_used--;
     mp->ma_version_tag = DICT_NEXT_VERSION();
     ep = &DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys)[ix];
@@ -1651,6 +1640,7 @@ _PyDict_DelItem_KnownHash(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
     ENSURE_ALLOWS_DELETIONS(mp);
     old_key = ep->me_key;
     ep->me_key = NULL;
+    ep->me_value = NULL;
     Py_DECREF(old_key);
     Py_DECREF(old_value);
 
@@ -1703,7 +1693,7 @@ int
 _PyDict_Next(PyObject *op, Py_ssize_t *ppos, PyObject **pkey,
              PyObject **pvalue, Py_hash_t *phash)
 {
-    Py_ssize_t i, n;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
     PyDictObject *mp;
     PyDictKeyEntry *entry_ptr;
     PyObject *value;
@@ -1712,21 +1702,18 @@ _PyDict_Next(PyObject *op, Py_ssize_t *ppos, PyObject **pkey,
         return 0;
     mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
     i = *ppos;
-    n = mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
-    if ((size_t)i >= (size_t)n)
-        return 0;
     if (mp->ma_values) {
-        PyObject **value_ptr = &mp->ma_values[i];
-        while (i < n && *value_ptr == NULL) {
-            value_ptr++;
-            i++;
-        }
-        if (i >= n)
+        if (i < 0 || i >= mp->ma_used)
             return 0;
+        /* values of split table is always dense */
         entry_ptr = &DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys)[i];
-        value = *value_ptr;
+        value = mp->ma_values[i];
+        assert(value != NULL);
     }
     else {
+        Py_ssize_t n = mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
+        if (i < 0 || i >= n)
+            return 0;
         entry_ptr = &DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys)[i];
         while (i < n && entry_ptr->me_value == NULL) {
             entry_ptr++;
@@ -1778,7 +1765,6 @@ _PyDict_Pop(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key, PyObject *deflt)
     Py_ssize_t ix, hashpos;
     PyObject *old_value, *old_key;
     PyDictKeyEntry *ep;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
     PyDictObject *mp;
 
     assert(PyDict_Check(dict));
@@ -1798,10 +1784,10 @@ _PyDict_Pop(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key, PyObject *deflt)
         if (hash == -1)
             return NULL;
     }
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &old_value, &hashpos);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || *value_addr == NULL) {
+    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || old_value == NULL) {
         if (deflt) {
             Py_INCREF(deflt);
             return deflt;
@@ -1815,13 +1801,11 @@ _PyDict_Pop(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key, PyObject *deflt)
         if (dictresize(mp, DK_SIZE(mp->ma_keys))) {
             return NULL;
         }
-        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+        ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &old_value, &hashpos);
         assert(ix >= 0);
     }
 
-    old_value = *value_addr;
     assert(old_value != NULL);
-    *value_addr = NULL;
     mp->ma_used--;
     mp->ma_version_tag = DICT_NEXT_VERSION();
     dk_set_index(mp->ma_keys, hashpos, DKIX_DUMMY);
@@ -1829,6 +1813,7 @@ _PyDict_Pop(PyObject *dict, PyObject *key, PyObject *deflt)
     ENSURE_ALLOWS_DELETIONS(mp);
     old_key = ep->me_key;
     ep->me_key = NULL;
+    ep->me_value = NULL;
     Py_DECREF(old_key);
 
     assert(_PyDict_CheckConsistency(mp));
@@ -1844,7 +1829,7 @@ _PyDict_FromKeys(PyObject *cls, PyObject *iterable, PyObject *value)
     PyObject *d;
     int status;
 
-    d = PyObject_CallObject(cls, NULL);
+    d = _PyObject_CallNoArg(cls);
     if (d == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
@@ -2046,10 +2031,9 @@ dict_length(PyDictObject *mp)
 static PyObject *
 dict_subscript(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key)
 {
-    PyObject *v;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     Py_hash_t hash;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) ||
         (hash = ((PyASCIIObject *) key)->hash) == -1) {
@@ -2057,10 +2041,10 @@ dict_subscript(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key)
         if (hash == -1)
             return NULL;
     }
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || *value_addr == NULL) {
+    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || value == NULL) {
         if (!PyDict_CheckExact(mp)) {
             /* Look up __missing__ method if we're a subclass. */
             PyObject *missing, *res;
@@ -2078,9 +2062,8 @@ dict_subscript(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *key)
         _PyErr_SetKeyError(key);
         return NULL;
     }
-    v = *value_addr;
-    Py_INCREF(v);
-    return v;
+    Py_INCREF(value);
+    return value;
 }
 
 static int
@@ -2652,7 +2635,6 @@ dict_equal(PyDictObject *a, PyDictObject *b)
         if (aval != NULL) {
             int cmp;
             PyObject *bval;
-            PyObject **vaddr;
             PyObject *key = ep->me_key;
             /* temporarily bump aval's refcount to ensure it stays
                alive until we're done with it */
@@ -2660,10 +2642,7 @@ dict_equal(PyDictObject *a, PyDictObject *b)
             /* ditto for key */
             Py_INCREF(key);
             /* reuse the known hash value */
-            if ((b->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(b, key, ep->me_hash, &vaddr, NULL) < 0)
-                bval = NULL;
-            else
-                bval = *vaddr;
+            b->ma_keys->dk_lookup(b, key, ep->me_hash, &bval, NULL);
             Py_DECREF(key);
             if (bval == NULL) {
                 Py_DECREF(aval);
@@ -2719,7 +2698,7 @@ dict___contains__(PyDictObject *self, PyObject *key)
     register PyDictObject *mp = self;
     Py_hash_t hash;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) ||
         (hash = ((PyASCIIObject *) key)->hash) == -1) {
@@ -2727,10 +2706,10 @@ dict___contains__(PyDictObject *self, PyObject *key)
         if (hash == -1)
             return NULL;
     }
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || *value_addr == NULL)
+    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || value == NULL)
         Py_RETURN_FALSE;
     Py_RETURN_TRUE;
 }
@@ -2743,7 +2722,6 @@ dict_get(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *args)
     PyObject *val = NULL;
     Py_hash_t hash;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
 
     if (!PyArg_UnpackTuple(args, "get", 1, 2, &key, &failobj))
         return NULL;
@@ -2754,13 +2732,12 @@ dict_get(PyDictObject *mp, PyObject *args)
         if (hash == -1)
             return NULL;
     }
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &val, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
-    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || *value_addr == NULL)
+    if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY || val == NULL) {
         val = failobj;
-    else
-        val = *value_addr;
+    }
     Py_INCREF(val);
     return val;
 }
@@ -2772,7 +2749,6 @@ PyDict_SetDefault(PyObject *d, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj)
     PyObject *value;
     Py_hash_t hash;
     Py_ssize_t hashpos, ix;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
 
     if (!PyDict_Check(d)) {
         PyErr_BadInternalCall();
@@ -2791,17 +2767,17 @@ PyDict_SetDefault(PyObject *d, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj)
             return NULL;
     }
 
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, &hashpos);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return NULL;
 
     if (_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp) &&
-        ((ix >= 0 && *value_addr == NULL && mp->ma_used != ix) ||
+        ((ix >= 0 && value == NULL && mp->ma_used != ix) ||
          (ix == DKIX_EMPTY && mp->ma_used != mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries))) {
         if (insertion_resize(mp) < 0) {
             return NULL;
         }
-        find_empty_slot(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+        hashpos = find_empty_slot(mp->ma_keys, key, hash);
         ix = DKIX_EMPTY;
     }
 
@@ -2812,7 +2788,7 @@ PyDict_SetDefault(PyObject *d, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj)
             if (insertion_resize(mp) < 0) {
                 return NULL;
             }
-            find_empty_slot(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, &hashpos);
+            hashpos = find_empty_slot(mp->ma_keys, key, hash);
         }
         ep0 = DK_ENTRIES(mp->ma_keys);
         ep = &ep0[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries];
@@ -2822,7 +2798,7 @@ PyDict_SetDefault(PyObject *d, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj)
         MAINTAIN_TRACKING(mp, key, value);
         ep->me_key = key;
         ep->me_hash = hash;
-        if (mp->ma_values) {
+        if (_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp)) {
             assert(mp->ma_values[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries] == NULL);
             mp->ma_values[mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries] = value;
         }
@@ -2835,19 +2811,16 @@ PyDict_SetDefault(PyObject *d, PyObject *key, PyObject *defaultobj)
         mp->ma_keys->dk_nentries++;
         assert(mp->ma_keys->dk_usable >= 0);
     }
-    else if (*value_addr == NULL) {
+    else if (value == NULL) {
         value = defaultobj;
         assert(_PyDict_HasSplitTable(mp));
         assert(ix == mp->ma_used);
         Py_INCREF(value);
         MAINTAIN_TRACKING(mp, key, value);
-        *value_addr = value;
+        mp->ma_values[ix] = value;
         mp->ma_used++;
         mp->ma_version_tag = DICT_NEXT_VERSION();
     }
-    else {
-        value = *value_addr;
-    }
 
     assert(_PyDict_CheckConsistency(mp));
     return value;
@@ -3101,7 +3074,7 @@ PyDict_Contains(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
     Py_hash_t hash;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
     PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_CheckExact(key) ||
         (hash = ((PyASCIIObject *) key)->hash) == -1) {
@@ -3109,10 +3082,10 @@ PyDict_Contains(PyObject *op, PyObject *key)
         if (hash == -1)
             return -1;
     }
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return -1;
-    return (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && *value_addr != NULL);
+    return (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && value != NULL);
 }
 
 /* Internal version of PyDict_Contains used when the hash value is already known */
@@ -3120,13 +3093,13 @@ int
 _PyDict_Contains(PyObject *op, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
 {
     PyDictObject *mp = (PyDictObject *)op;
-    PyObject **value_addr;
+    PyObject *value;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
 
-    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (mp->ma_keys->dk_lookup)(mp, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_ERROR)
         return -1;
-    return (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && *value_addr != NULL);
+    return (ix != DKIX_EMPTY && value != NULL);
 }
 
 /* Hack to implement "key in dict" */
@@ -3391,7 +3364,7 @@ static PyObject*
 dictiter_iternextkey(dictiterobject *di)
 {
     PyObject *key;
-    Py_ssize_t i, n;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
     PyDictKeysObject *k;
     PyDictObject *d = di->di_dict;
 
@@ -3408,18 +3381,15 @@ dictiter_iternextkey(dictiterobject *di)
 
     i = di->di_pos;
     k = d->ma_keys;
-    n = k->dk_nentries;
+    assert(i >= 0);
     if (d->ma_values) {
-        PyObject **value_ptr = &d->ma_values[i];
-        while (i < n && *value_ptr == NULL) {
-            value_ptr++;
-            i++;
-        }
-        if (i >= n)
+        if (i >= d->ma_used)
             goto fail;
         key = DK_ENTRIES(k)[i].me_key;
+        assert(d->ma_values[i] != NULL);
     }
     else {
+        Py_ssize_t n = k->dk_nentries;
         PyDictKeyEntry *entry_ptr = &DK_ENTRIES(k)[i];
         while (i < n && entry_ptr->me_value == NULL) {
             entry_ptr++;
@@ -3477,7 +3447,7 @@ static PyObject *
 dictiter_iternextvalue(dictiterobject *di)
 {
     PyObject *value;
-    Py_ssize_t i, n;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
     PyDictObject *d = di->di_dict;
 
     if (d == NULL)
@@ -3492,18 +3462,15 @@ dictiter_iternextvalue(dictiterobject *di)
     }
 
     i = di->di_pos;
-    n = d->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
+    assert(i >= 0);
     if (d->ma_values) {
-        PyObject **value_ptr = &d->ma_values[i];
-        while (i < n && *value_ptr == NULL) {
-            value_ptr++;
-            i++;
-        }
-        if (i >= n)
+        if (i >= d->ma_used)
             goto fail;
-        value = *value_ptr;
+        value = d->ma_values[i];
+        assert(value != NULL);
     }
     else {
+        Py_ssize_t n = d->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
         PyDictKeyEntry *entry_ptr = &DK_ENTRIES(d->ma_keys)[i];
         while (i < n && entry_ptr->me_value == NULL) {
             entry_ptr++;
@@ -3561,7 +3528,7 @@ static PyObject *
 dictiter_iternextitem(dictiterobject *di)
 {
     PyObject *key, *value, *result = di->di_result;
-    Py_ssize_t i, n;
+    Py_ssize_t i;
     PyDictObject *d = di->di_dict;
 
     if (d == NULL)
@@ -3576,19 +3543,16 @@ dictiter_iternextitem(dictiterobject *di)
     }
 
     i = di->di_pos;
-    n = d->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
+    assert(i >= 0);
     if (d->ma_values) {
-        PyObject **value_ptr = &d->ma_values[i];
-        while (i < n && *value_ptr == NULL) {
-            value_ptr++;
-            i++;
-        }
-        if (i >= n)
+        if (i >= d->ma_used)
             goto fail;
         key = DK_ENTRIES(d->ma_keys)[i].me_key;
-        value = *value_ptr;
+        value = d->ma_values[i];
+        assert(value != NULL);
     }
     else {
+        Py_ssize_t n = d->ma_keys->dk_nentries;
         PyDictKeyEntry *entry_ptr = &DK_ENTRIES(d->ma_keys)[i];
         while (i < n && entry_ptr->me_value == NULL) {
             entry_ptr++;
diff --git a/Objects/enumobject.c b/Objects/enumobject.c
index dae166d..72d31b1 100644
--- a/Objects/enumobject.c
+++ b/Objects/enumobject.c
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ reversed_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         return NULL;
     }
     if (reversed_meth != NULL) {
-        PyObject *res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(reversed_meth, NULL);
+        PyObject *res = _PyObject_CallNoArg(reversed_meth);
         Py_DECREF(reversed_meth);
         return res;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c
index f63f06a..57a786c 100644
--- a/Objects/exceptions.c
+++ b/Objects/exceptions.c
@@ -631,19 +631,17 @@ ImportError_init(PyImportErrorObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     }
     Py_DECREF(empty_tuple);
 
-    if (name) {
-        Py_INCREF(name);
-        Py_XSETREF(self->name, name);
-    }
-    if (path) {
-        Py_INCREF(path);
-        Py_XSETREF(self->path, path);
-    }
+    Py_XINCREF(name);
+    Py_XSETREF(self->name, name);
+
+    Py_XINCREF(path);
+    Py_XSETREF(self->path, path);
+
     if (PyTuple_GET_SIZE(args) == 1) {
         msg = PyTuple_GET_ITEM(args, 0);
         Py_INCREF(msg);
-        Py_XSETREF(self->msg, msg);
     }
+    Py_XSETREF(self->msg, msg);
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -1822,18 +1820,10 @@ UnicodeEncodeError_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     Py_CLEAR(err->object);
     Py_CLEAR(err->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!O!nnO!",
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->encoding,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->object,
-        &err->start,
-        &err->end,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &err->reason)) {
-          err->encoding = err->object = err->reason = NULL;
-          return -1;
-    }
-
-    if (PyUnicode_READY(err->object) < -1) {
-        err->encoding = NULL;
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UUnnU",
+                          &err->encoding, &err->object,
+                          &err->start, &err->end, &err->reason)) {
+        err->encoding = err->object = err->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
 
@@ -1937,12 +1927,9 @@ UnicodeDecodeError_init(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
     Py_CLEAR(ude->object);
     Py_CLEAR(ude->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!OnnO!",
-         &PyUnicode_Type, &ude->encoding,
-         &ude->object,
-         &ude->start,
-         &ude->end,
-         &PyUnicode_Type, &ude->reason)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UOnnU",
+                          &ude->encoding, &ude->object,
+                          &ude->start, &ude->end, &ude->reason)) {
              ude->encoding = ude->object = ude->reason = NULL;
              return -1;
     }
@@ -2052,11 +2039,9 @@ UnicodeTranslateError_init(PyUnicodeErrorObject *self, PyObject *args,
     Py_CLEAR(self->object);
     Py_CLEAR(self->reason);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!nnO!",
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &self->object,
-        &self->start,
-        &self->end,
-        &PyUnicode_Type, &self->reason)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "UnnU",
+                          &self->object,
+                          &self->start, &self->end, &self->reason)) {
         self->object = self->reason = NULL;
         return -1;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/fileobject.c b/Objects/fileobject.c
index f442418..fcdb5fd 100644
--- a/Objects/fileobject.c
+++ b/Objects/fileobject.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ PyFile_WriteObject(PyObject *v, PyObject *f, int flags)
         Py_DECREF(writer);
         return -1;
     }
-    result = _PyObject_CallArg1(writer, value);
+    result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(writer, value, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(value);
     Py_DECREF(writer);
     if (result == NULL)
@@ -367,7 +367,7 @@ stdprinter_write(PyStdPrinter_Object *self, PyObject *args)
 {
     PyObject *unicode;
     PyObject *bytes = NULL;
-    char *str;
+    const char *str;
     Py_ssize_t n;
     int err;
 
@@ -389,10 +389,8 @@ stdprinter_write(PyStdPrinter_Object *self, PyObject *args)
         bytes = _PyUnicode_AsUTF8String(unicode, "backslashreplace");
         if (bytes == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        if (PyBytes_AsStringAndSize(bytes, &str, &n) < 0) {
-            Py_DECREF(bytes);
-            return NULL;
-        }
+        str = PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytes);
+        n = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(bytes);
     }
 
     n = _Py_write(self->fd, str, n);
diff --git a/Objects/floatobject.c b/Objects/floatobject.c
index 80bf71e..17a55dd 100644
--- a/Objects/floatobject.c
+++ b/Objects/floatobject.c
@@ -1225,7 +1225,7 @@ float_fromhex(PyObject *cls, PyObject *arg)
     PyObject *result;
     double x;
     long exp, top_exp, lsb, key_digit;
-    char *s, *coeff_start, *s_store, *coeff_end, *exp_start, *s_end;
+    const char *s, *coeff_start, *s_store, *coeff_end, *exp_start, *s_end;
     int half_eps, digit, round_up, negate=0;
     Py_ssize_t length, ndigits, fdigits, i;
 
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ float_fromhex(PyObject *cls, PyObject *arg)
         s++;
 
     /* infinities and nans */
-    x = _Py_parse_inf_or_nan(s, &coeff_end);
+    x = _Py_parse_inf_or_nan(s, (char **)&coeff_end);
     if (coeff_end != s) {
         s = coeff_end;
         goto finished;
@@ -1619,7 +1619,7 @@ static float_format_type detected_double_format, detected_float_format;
 static PyObject *
 float_getformat(PyTypeObject *v, PyObject* arg)
 {
-    char* s;
+    const char *s;
     float_format_type r;
 
     if (!PyUnicode_Check(arg)) {
diff --git a/Objects/frameobject.c b/Objects/frameobject.c
index 62f9f34..eed5384 100644
--- a/Objects/frameobject.c
+++ b/Objects/frameobject.c
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ static int numfree = 0;         /* number of frames currently in free_list */
 /* max value for numfree */
 #define PyFrame_MAXFREELIST 200
 
-static void
+static void _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 frame_dealloc(PyFrameObject *f)
 {
     PyObject **p, **valuestack;
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ int _PyFrame_Init()
     return 1;
 }
 
-PyFrameObject *
+PyFrameObject* _Py_HOT_FUNCTION
 PyFrame_New(PyThreadState *tstate, PyCodeObject *code, PyObject *globals,
             PyObject *locals)
 {
diff --git a/Objects/genobject.c b/Objects/genobject.c
index 2680ab0..59f53ce 100644
--- a/Objects/genobject.c
+++ b/Objects/genobject.c
@@ -1341,7 +1341,7 @@ async_gen_init_hooks(PyAsyncGenObject *o)
         PyObject *res;
 
         Py_INCREF(firstiter);
-        res = PyObject_CallFunction(firstiter, "O", o);
+        res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(firstiter, o, NULL);
         Py_DECREF(firstiter);
         if (res == NULL) {
             return 1;
diff --git a/Objects/longobject.c b/Objects/longobject.c
index ad239ce..c95f946 100644
--- a/Objects/longobject.c
+++ b/Objects/longobject.c
@@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ PyLong_FromUnsignedLong(unsigned long ival)
     v = _PyLong_New(ndigits);
     if (v != NULL) {
         digit *p = v->ob_digit;
-        Py_SIZE(v) = ndigits;
         while (ival) {
             *p++ = (digit)(ival & PyLong_MASK);
             ival >>= PyLong_SHIFT;
@@ -709,12 +708,33 @@ _PyLong_Sign(PyObject *vv)
     return Py_SIZE(v) == 0 ? 0 : (Py_SIZE(v) < 0 ? -1 : 1);
 }
 
+/* bits_in_digit(d) returns the unique integer k such that 2**(k-1) <= d <
+   2**k if d is nonzero, else 0. */
+
+static const unsigned char BitLengthTable[32] = {
+    0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
+    5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
+};
+
+static int
+bits_in_digit(digit d)
+{
+    int d_bits = 0;
+    while (d >= 32) {
+        d_bits += 6;
+        d >>= 6;
+    }
+    d_bits += (int)BitLengthTable[d];
+    return d_bits;
+}
+
 size_t
 _PyLong_NumBits(PyObject *vv)
 {
     PyLongObject *v = (PyLongObject *)vv;
     size_t result = 0;
     Py_ssize_t ndigits;
+    int msd_bits;
 
     assert(v != NULL);
     assert(PyLong_Check(v));
@@ -725,12 +745,10 @@ _PyLong_NumBits(PyObject *vv)
         if ((size_t)(ndigits - 1) > SIZE_MAX / (size_t)PyLong_SHIFT)
             goto Overflow;
         result = (size_t)(ndigits - 1) * (size_t)PyLong_SHIFT;
-        do {
-            ++result;
-            if (result == 0)
-                goto Overflow;
-            msd >>= 1;
-        } while (msd);
+        msd_bits = bits_in_digit(msd);
+        if (SIZE_MAX - msd_bits < result)
+            goto Overflow;
+        result += msd_bits;
     }
     return result;
 
@@ -1102,7 +1120,6 @@ PyLong_FromUnsignedLongLong(unsigned long long ival)
     v = _PyLong_New(ndigits);
     if (v != NULL) {
         digit *p = v->ob_digit;
-        Py_SIZE(v) = ndigits;
         while (ival) {
             *p++ = (digit)(ival & PyLong_MASK);
             ival >>= PyLong_SHIFT;
@@ -1416,26 +1433,6 @@ PyLong_AsLongLongAndOverflow(PyObject *vv, int *overflow)
             Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;                   \
     } while(0)
 
-/* bits_in_digit(d) returns the unique integer k such that 2**(k-1) <= d <
-   2**k if d is nonzero, else 0. */
-
-static const unsigned char BitLengthTable[32] = {
-    0, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
-    5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
-};
-
-static int
-bits_in_digit(digit d)
-{
-    int d_bits = 0;
-    while (d >= 32) {
-        d_bits += 6;
-        d >>= 6;
-    }
-    d_bits += (int)BitLengthTable[d];
-    return d_bits;
-}
-
 /* x[0:m] and y[0:n] are digit vectors, LSD first, m >= n required.  x[0:n]
  * is modified in place, by adding y to it.  Carries are propagated as far as
  * x[m-1], and the remaining carry (0 or 1) is returned.
@@ -2482,7 +2479,7 @@ _PyLong_FromBytes(const char *s, Py_ssize_t len, int base)
 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);
@@ -2494,7 +2491,8 @@ PyObject *
 PyLong_FromUnicodeObject(PyObject *u, int base)
 {
     PyObject *result, *asciidig;
-    char *buffer, *end = NULL;
+    const char *buffer;
+    char *end = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t buflen;
 
     asciidig = _PyUnicode_TransformDecimalAndSpaceToASCII(u);
@@ -3105,9 +3103,7 @@ long_add(PyLongObject *a, PyLongObject *b)
     CHECK_BINOP(a, b);
 
     if (Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(a)) <= 1 && Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(b)) <= 1) {
-        PyObject *result = PyLong_FromLong(MEDIUM_VALUE(a) +
-                                          MEDIUM_VALUE(b));
-        return result;
+        return PyLong_FromLong(MEDIUM_VALUE(a) + MEDIUM_VALUE(b));
     }
     if (Py_SIZE(a) < 0) {
         if (Py_SIZE(b) < 0) {
@@ -3141,9 +3137,7 @@ long_sub(PyLongObject *a, PyLongObject *b)
     CHECK_BINOP(a, b);
 
     if (Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(a)) <= 1 && Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(b)) <= 1) {
-        PyObject* r;
-        r = PyLong_FromLong(MEDIUM_VALUE(a)-MEDIUM_VALUE(b));
-        return r;
+        return PyLong_FromLong(MEDIUM_VALUE(a) - MEDIUM_VALUE(b));
     }
     if (Py_SIZE(a) < 0) {
         if (Py_SIZE(b) < 0)
@@ -4296,22 +4290,22 @@ long_rshift(PyLongObject *a, PyLongObject *b)
         PyLongObject *a1, *a2;
         a1 = (PyLongObject *) long_invert(a);
         if (a1 == NULL)
-            goto rshift_error;
+            return NULL;
         a2 = (PyLongObject *) long_rshift(a1, b);
         Py_DECREF(a1);
         if (a2 == NULL)
-            goto rshift_error;
+            return NULL;
         z = (PyLongObject *) long_invert(a2);
         Py_DECREF(a2);
     }
     else {
         shiftby = PyLong_AsSsize_t((PyObject *)b);
         if (shiftby == -1L && PyErr_Occurred())
-            goto rshift_error;
+            return NULL;
         if (shiftby < 0) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
                             "negative shift count");
-            goto rshift_error;
+            return NULL;
         }
         wordshift = shiftby / PyLong_SHIFT;
         newsize = Py_ABS(Py_SIZE(a)) - wordshift;
@@ -4323,19 +4317,15 @@ long_rshift(PyLongObject *a, PyLongObject *b)
         himask = PyLong_MASK ^ lomask;
         z = _PyLong_New(newsize);
         if (z == NULL)
-            goto rshift_error;
-        if (Py_SIZE(a) < 0)
-            Py_SIZE(z) = -(Py_SIZE(z));
+            return NULL;
         for (i = 0, j = wordshift; i < newsize; i++, j++) {
             z->ob_digit[i] = (a->ob_digit[j] >> loshift) & lomask;
             if (i+1 < newsize)
                 z->ob_digit[i] |= (a->ob_digit[j+1] << hishift) & himask;
         }
-        z = long_normalize(z);
+        z = maybe_small_long(long_normalize(z));
     }
-  rshift_error:
-    return (PyObject *) maybe_small_long(z);
-
+    return (PyObject *)z;
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -5089,7 +5079,8 @@ static PyObject *
 long_bit_length(PyLongObject *v)
 {
     PyLongObject *result, *x, *y;
-    Py_ssize_t ndigits, msd_bits = 0;
+    Py_ssize_t ndigits;
+    int msd_bits;
     digit msd;
 
     assert(v != NULL);
@@ -5100,11 +5091,7 @@ long_bit_length(PyLongObject *v)
         return PyLong_FromLong(0);
 
     msd = v->ob_digit[ndigits-1];
-    while (msd >= 32) {
-        msd_bits += 6;
-        msd >>= 6;
-    }
-    msd_bits += (long)(BitLengthTable[msd]);
+    msd_bits = bits_in_digit(msd);
 
     if (ndigits <= PY_SSIZE_T_MAX/PyLong_SHIFT)
         return PyLong_FromSsize_t((ndigits-1)*PyLong_SHIFT + msd_bits);
diff --git a/Objects/moduleobject.c b/Objects/moduleobject.c
index 79be51a..350f3bf 100644
--- a/Objects/moduleobject.c
+++ b/Objects/moduleobject.c
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ PyModule_Create2(struct PyModuleDef* module, int module_api_version)
        (if the name actually matches).
     */
     if (_Py_PackageContext != NULL) {
-        char *p = strrchr(_Py_PackageContext, '.');
+        const char *p = strrchr(_Py_PackageContext, '.');
         if (p != NULL && strcmp(module->m_name, p+1) == 0) {
             name = _Py_PackageContext;
             _Py_PackageContext = NULL;
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ PyModule_FromDefAndSpec2(struct PyModuleDef* def, PyObject *spec, int module_api
     PyObject *nameobj;
     PyObject *m = NULL;
     int has_execution_slots = 0;
-    char *name;
+    const char *name;
     int ret;
 
     PyModuleDef_Init(def);
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ const char *
 PyModule_GetFilename(PyObject *m)
 {
     PyObject *fileobj;
-    char *utf8;
+    const char *utf8;
     fileobj = PyModule_GetFilenameObject(m);
     if (fileobj == NULL)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/object.c b/Objects/object.c
index d88ae3b..9a7c7f7 100644
--- a/Objects/object.c
+++ b/Objects/object.c
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ PyObject_Bytes(PyObject *v)
 
     func = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(v, &PyId___bytes__);
     if (func != NULL) {
-        result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, NULL);
+        result = _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
         Py_DECREF(func);
         if (result == NULL)
             return NULL;
@@ -1025,11 +1025,99 @@ _PyObject_NextNotImplemented(PyObject *self)
     return NULL;
 }
 
-/* Generic GetAttr functions - put these in your tp_[gs]etattro slot */
+
+/* Specialized version of _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict
+   specifically for the LOAD_METHOD opcode.
+
+   Return 1 if a method is found, 0 if it's a regular attribute
+   from __dict__ or something returned by using a descriptor
+   protocol.
+
+   `method` will point to the resolved attribute or NULL.  In the
+   latter case, an error will be set.
+*/
+int
+_PyObject_GetMethod(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name, PyObject **method)
+{
+    PyTypeObject *tp = Py_TYPE(obj);
+    PyObject *descr;
+    descrgetfunc f = NULL;
+    PyObject **dictptr, *dict;
+    PyObject *attr;
+    int meth_found = 0;
+
+    assert(*method == NULL);
+
+    if (Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_getattro != PyObject_GenericGetAttr
+            || !PyUnicode_Check(name)) {
+        *method = PyObject_GetAttr(obj, name);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (tp->tp_dict == NULL && PyType_Ready(tp) < 0)
+        return 0;
+
+    descr = _PyType_Lookup(tp, name);
+    if (descr != NULL) {
+        Py_INCREF(descr);
+        if (PyFunction_Check(descr)) {
+            /* A python method. */
+            meth_found = 1;
+        } else {
+            f = descr->ob_type->tp_descr_get;
+            if (f != NULL && PyDescr_IsData(descr)) {
+                *method = f(descr, obj, (PyObject *)obj->ob_type);
+                Py_DECREF(descr);
+                return 0;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    dictptr = _PyObject_GetDictPtr(obj);
+    if (dictptr != NULL && (dict = *dictptr) != NULL) {
+        Py_INCREF(dict);
+        attr = PyDict_GetItem(dict, name);
+        if (attr != NULL) {
+            Py_INCREF(attr);
+            *method = attr;
+            Py_DECREF(dict);
+            Py_XDECREF(descr);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(dict);
+    }
+
+    if (meth_found) {
+        *method = descr;
+        return 1;
+    }
+
+    if (f != NULL) {
+        *method = f(descr, obj, (PyObject *)Py_TYPE(obj));
+        Py_DECREF(descr);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if (descr != NULL) {
+        *method = descr;
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    PyErr_Format(PyExc_AttributeError,
+                 "'%.50s' object has no attribute '%U'",
+                 tp->tp_name, name);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+/* Generic GetAttr functions - put these in your tp_[gs]etattro slot. */
 
 PyObject *
 _PyObject_GenericGetAttrWithDict(PyObject *obj, PyObject *name, PyObject *dict)
 {
+    /* Make sure the logic of _PyObject_GetMethod is in sync with
+       this method.
+    */
+
     PyTypeObject *tp = Py_TYPE(obj);
     PyObject *descr = NULL;
     PyObject *res = NULL;
@@ -1314,7 +1402,7 @@ _dir_object(PyObject *obj)
         return NULL;
     }
     /* use __dir__ */
-    result = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(dirfunc, NULL);
+    result = _PyObject_CallNoArg(dirfunc);
     Py_DECREF(dirfunc);
     if (result == NULL)
         return NULL;
diff --git a/Objects/odictobject.c b/Objects/odictobject.c
index 22b1f1d..6b33386 100644
--- a/Objects/odictobject.c
+++ b/Objects/odictobject.c
@@ -535,11 +535,11 @@ _odict_free_fast_nodes(PyODictObject *od) {
 static Py_ssize_t
 _odict_get_index_raw(PyODictObject *od, PyObject *key, Py_hash_t hash)
 {
-    PyObject **value_addr = NULL;
+    PyObject *value = NULL;
     PyDictKeysObject *keys = ((PyDictObject *)od)->ma_keys;
     Py_ssize_t ix;
 
-    ix = (keys->dk_lookup)((PyDictObject *)od, key, hash, &value_addr, NULL);
+    ix = (keys->dk_lookup)((PyDictObject *)od, key, hash, &value, NULL);
     if (ix == DKIX_EMPTY) {
         return keys->dk_nentries;  /* index of new entry */
     }
@@ -1256,7 +1256,7 @@ odict_copy(register PyODictObject *od)
     if (PyODict_CheckExact(od))
         od_copy = PyODict_New();
     else
-        od_copy = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(od), NULL);
+        od_copy = _PyObject_CallNoArg((PyObject *)Py_TYPE(od));
     if (od_copy == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
diff --git a/Objects/rangeobject.c b/Objects/rangeobject.c
index 8449fc7..45c557f 100644
--- a/Objects/rangeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/rangeobject.c
@@ -829,8 +829,6 @@ static PyMethodDef rangeiter_methods[] = {
     {NULL,              NULL}           /* sentinel */
 };
 
-static PyObject *rangeiter_new(PyTypeObject *, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw);
-
 PyTypeObject PyRangeIter_Type = {
         PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(&PyType_Type, 0)
         "range_iterator",                        /* tp_name */
@@ -862,15 +860,6 @@ PyTypeObject PyRangeIter_Type = {
         (iternextfunc)rangeiter_next,           /* tp_iternext */
         rangeiter_methods,                      /* tp_methods */
         0,                                      /* tp_members */
-        0,                                      /* tp_getset */
-        0,                                      /* tp_base */
-        0,                                      /* tp_dict */
-        0,                                      /* tp_descr_get */
-        0,                                      /* tp_descr_set */
-        0,                                      /* tp_dictoffset */
-        0,                                      /* tp_init */
-        0,                                      /* tp_alloc */
-        rangeiter_new,                          /* tp_new */
 };
 
 /* Return number of items in range (lo, hi, step).  step != 0
@@ -925,36 +914,6 @@ fast_range_iter(long start, long stop, long step)
     return (PyObject *)it;
 }
 
-static PyObject *
-rangeiter_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kw)
-{
-    long start, stop, step;
-
-    if (PyErr_WarnEx(PyExc_DeprecationWarning,
-                     "range_iterator(): creating instances of range_iterator "
-                     "by calling range_iterator type is deprecated",
-                     1)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!_PyArg_NoKeywords("range_iterator()", kw)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args,
-                          "lll;range_iterator() requires 3 int arguments",
-                          &start, &stop, &step)) {
-        return NULL;
-    }
-    if (step == 0) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
-                        "range_iterator() arg 3 must not be zero");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    return fast_range_iter(start, stop, step);
-}
-
 typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
     PyObject *index;
diff --git a/Objects/setobject.c b/Objects/setobject.c
index fdb9d36..b7e0617 100644
--- a/Objects/setobject.c
+++ b/Objects/setobject.c
@@ -2398,7 +2398,7 @@ static PyObject *
 test_c_api(PySetObject *so)
 {
     Py_ssize_t count;
-    char *s;
+    const char *s;
     Py_ssize_t i;
     PyObject *elem=NULL, *dup=NULL, *t, *f, *dup2, *x=NULL;
     PyObject *ob = (PyObject *)so;
diff --git a/Objects/structseq.c b/Objects/structseq.c
index 5489aef..c2ece5a 100644
--- a/Objects/structseq.c
+++ b/Objects/structseq.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ structseq_repr(PyStructSequence *obj)
 
     for (i=0; i < VISIBLE_SIZE(obj); i++) {
         PyObject *val, *repr;
-        char *cname, *crepr;
+        const char *cname, *crepr;
 
         cname = typ->tp_members[i].name;
         if (cname == NULL) {
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ structseq_reduce(PyStructSequence* self)
     }
 
     for (; i < n_fields; i++) {
-        char *n = Py_TYPE(self)->tp_members[i-n_unnamed_fields].name;
+        const char *n = Py_TYPE(self)->tp_members[i-n_unnamed_fields].name;
         if (PyDict_SetItemString(dict, n, self->ob_item[i]) < 0)
             goto error;
     }
diff --git a/Objects/typeobject.c b/Objects/typeobject.c
index 329261b..391eed3 100644
--- a/Objects/typeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/typeobject.c
@@ -1420,42 +1420,26 @@ _PyObject_LookupSpecial(PyObject *self, _Py_Identifier *attrid)
     return lookup_maybe(self, attrid);
 }
 
-/* A variation of PyObject_CallMethod that uses lookup_method()
+/* A variation of PyObject_CallMethodObjArgs that uses lookup_method()
    instead of PyObject_GetAttrString().  This uses the same convention
    as lookup_method to cache the interned name string object. */
 
 static PyObject *
-call_method(PyObject *o, _Py_Identifier *nameid, const char *format, ...)
+call_method(PyObject *obj, _Py_Identifier *name, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL, *retval;
+    PyObject *func, *retval;
 
-    func = lookup_maybe(o, nameid);
+    func = lookup_maybe(obj, name);
     if (func == NULL) {
         if (!PyErr_Occurred())
-            PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_AttributeError, nameid->object);
+            PyErr_SetObject(PyExc_AttributeError, name->object);
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (format && *format) {
-        PyObject *args;
-
-        va_start(va, format);
-        args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, va);
-        va_end(va);
-
-        if (args == NULL) {
-            Py_DECREF(func);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        assert(PyTuple_Check(args));
-
-        retval = PyObject_Call(func, args, NULL);
-        Py_DECREF(args);
-    }
-    else {
-        retval = _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
-    }
+    va_start(va, name);
+    retval = _PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(func, va);
+    va_end(va);
 
     Py_DECREF(func);
 
@@ -1465,37 +1449,21 @@ call_method(PyObject *o, _Py_Identifier *nameid, const char *format, ...)
 /* Clone of call_method() that returns NotImplemented when the lookup fails. */
 
 static PyObject *
-call_maybe(PyObject *o, _Py_Identifier *nameid, const char *format, ...)
+call_maybe(PyObject *obj, _Py_Identifier *name, ...)
 {
     va_list va;
-    PyObject *func = NULL, *retval;
+    PyObject *func, *retval;
 
-    func = lookup_maybe(o, nameid);
+    func = lookup_maybe(obj, name);
     if (func == NULL) {
         if (!PyErr_Occurred())
             Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
         return NULL;
     }
 
-    if (format && *format) {
-        PyObject *args;
-
-        va_start(va, format);
-        args = Py_VaBuildValue(format, va);
-        va_end(va);
-
-        if (args == NULL) {
-            Py_DECREF(func);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        assert(PyTuple_Check(args));
-
-        retval = PyObject_Call(func, args, NULL);
-        Py_DECREF(args);
-    }
-    else {
-        retval = _PyObject_CallNoArg(func);
-    }
+    va_start(va, name);
+    retval = _PyObject_VaCallFunctionObjArgs(func, va);
+    va_end(va);
 
     Py_DECREF(func);
 
@@ -1624,7 +1592,7 @@ consistent method resolution\norder (MRO) for bases");
     i = 0;
     while (PyDict_Next(set, &i, &k, &v) && (size_t)off < sizeof(buf)) {
         PyObject *name = class_name(k);
-        char *name_str;
+        const char *name_str;
         if (name != NULL) {
             name_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(name);
             if (name_str == NULL)
@@ -1856,7 +1824,7 @@ mro_invoke(PyTypeObject *type)
         PyObject *mro_meth = lookup_method((PyObject *)type, &PyId_mro);
         if (mro_meth == NULL)
             return NULL;
-        mro_result = PyObject_CallObject(mro_meth, NULL);
+        mro_result = _PyObject_CallNoArg(mro_meth);
         Py_DECREF(mro_meth);
     }
     else {
@@ -2572,7 +2540,7 @@ type_new(PyTypeObject *metatype, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
         PyObject *doc = _PyDict_GetItemId(dict, &PyId___doc__);
         if (doc != NULL && PyUnicode_Check(doc)) {
             Py_ssize_t len;
-            char *doc_str;
+            const char *doc_str;
             char *tp_doc;
 
             doc_str = PyUnicode_AsUTF8(doc);
@@ -3082,7 +3050,7 @@ type_setattro(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
             type->tp_name);
         return -1;
     }
-    if (PyObject_GenericSetAttr((PyObject *)type, name, value) < 0)
+    if (_PyObject_GenericSetAttrWithDict((PyObject *)type, name, value, NULL) < 0)
         return -1;
     return update_slot(type, name);
 }
@@ -4032,7 +4000,7 @@ _PyObject_GetState(PyObject *obj, int required)
         Py_DECREF(slotnames);
     }
     else { /* getstate != NULL */
-        state = PyObject_CallObject(getstate, NULL);
+        state = _PyObject_CallNoArg(getstate);
         Py_DECREF(getstate);
         if (state == NULL)
             return NULL;
@@ -4057,7 +4025,7 @@ _PyObject_GetNewArguments(PyObject *obj, PyObject **args, PyObject **kwargs)
        __getnewargs_ex__ on the object. */
     getnewargs_ex = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(obj, &PyId___getnewargs_ex__);
     if (getnewargs_ex != NULL) {
-        PyObject *newargs = PyObject_CallObject(getnewargs_ex, NULL);
+        PyObject *newargs = _PyObject_CallNoArg(getnewargs_ex);
         Py_DECREF(getnewargs_ex);
         if (newargs == NULL) {
             return -1;
@@ -4110,7 +4078,7 @@ _PyObject_GetNewArguments(PyObject *obj, PyObject **args, PyObject **kwargs)
        __getnewargs__ instead. */
     getnewargs = _PyObject_LookupSpecial(obj, &PyId___getnewargs__);
     if (getnewargs != NULL) {
-        *args = PyObject_CallObject(getnewargs, NULL);
+        *args = _PyObject_CallNoArg(getnewargs);
         Py_DECREF(getnewargs);
         if (*args == NULL) {
             return -1;
@@ -4362,7 +4330,7 @@ object_reduce_ex(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         override = (clsreduce != objreduce);
         Py_DECREF(clsreduce);
         if (override) {
-            res = PyObject_CallObject(reduce, NULL);
+            res = _PyObject_CallNoArg(reduce);
             Py_DECREF(reduce);
             return res;
         }
@@ -5736,12 +5704,12 @@ FUNCNAME(PyObject *self) \
     return call_method(self, &id, NULL); \
 }
 
-#define SLOT1(FUNCNAME, OPSTR, ARG1TYPE, ARGCODES) \
+#define SLOT1(FUNCNAME, OPSTR, ARG1TYPE) \
 static PyObject * \
 FUNCNAME(PyObject *self, ARG1TYPE arg1) \
 { \
     _Py_static_string(id, OPSTR); \
-    return call_method(self, &id, "(" ARGCODES ")", arg1); \
+    return call_method(self, &id, arg1, NULL); \
 }
 
 /* Boolean helper for SLOT1BINFULL().
@@ -5794,20 +5762,20 @@ FUNCNAME(PyObject *self, PyObject *other) \
         if (do_other && \
             PyType_IsSubtype(Py_TYPE(other), Py_TYPE(self)) && \
             method_is_overloaded(self, other, &rop_id)) { \
-            r = call_maybe(other, &rop_id, "(O)", self); \
+            r = call_maybe(other, &rop_id, self, NULL); \
             if (r != Py_NotImplemented) \
                 return r; \
             Py_DECREF(r); \
             do_other = 0; \
         } \
-        r = call_maybe(self, &op_id, "(O)", other); \
+        r = call_maybe(self, &op_id, other, NULL); \
         if (r != Py_NotImplemented || \
             Py_TYPE(other) == Py_TYPE(self)) \
             return r; \
         Py_DECREF(r); \
     } \
     if (do_other) { \
-        return call_maybe(other, &rop_id, "(O)", self); \
+        return call_maybe(other, &rop_id, self, NULL); \
     } \
     Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED; \
 }
@@ -5815,14 +5783,6 @@ FUNCNAME(PyObject *self, PyObject *other) \
 #define SLOT1BIN(FUNCNAME, SLOTNAME, OPSTR, ROPSTR) \
     SLOT1BINFULL(FUNCNAME, FUNCNAME, SLOTNAME, OPSTR, ROPSTR)
 
-#define SLOT2(FUNCNAME, OPSTR, ARG1TYPE, ARG2TYPE, ARGCODES) \
-static PyObject * \
-FUNCNAME(PyObject *self, ARG1TYPE arg1, ARG2TYPE arg2) \
-{ \
-    _Py_static_string(id, #OPSTR); \
-    return call_method(self, &id, "(" ARGCODES ")", arg1, arg2); \
-}
-
 static Py_ssize_t
 slot_sq_length(PyObject *self)
 {
@@ -5873,7 +5833,7 @@ slot_sq_item(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t i)
         goto error;
     }
 
-    retval = _PyObject_CallArg1(func, ival);
+    retval = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, ival, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(func);
     Py_DECREF(ival);
     return retval;
@@ -5887,13 +5847,22 @@ static int
 slot_sq_ass_item(PyObject *self, Py_ssize_t index, PyObject *value)
 {
     PyObject *res;
+    PyObject *index_obj;
+
+    index_obj = PyLong_FromSsize_t(index);
+    if (index_obj == NULL) {
+        return -1;
+    }
 
     if (value == NULL)
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delitem__, "(n)", index);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delitem__, index_obj, NULL);
     else
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setitem__, "(nO)", index, value);
-    if (res == NULL)
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setitem__, index_obj, value, NULL);
+    Py_DECREF(index_obj);
+
+    if (res == NULL) {
         return -1;
+    }
     Py_DECREF(res);
     return 0;
 }
@@ -5914,7 +5883,7 @@ slot_sq_contains(PyObject *self, PyObject *value)
         return -1;
     }
     if (func != NULL) {
-        res = _PyObject_CallArg1(func, value);
+        res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, value, NULL);
         Py_DECREF(func);
         if (res != NULL) {
             result = PyObject_IsTrue(res);
@@ -5931,7 +5900,7 @@ slot_sq_contains(PyObject *self, PyObject *value)
 
 #define slot_mp_length slot_sq_length
 
-SLOT1(slot_mp_subscript, "__getitem__", PyObject *, "O")
+SLOT1(slot_mp_subscript, "__getitem__", PyObject *)
 
 static int
 slot_mp_ass_subscript(PyObject *self, PyObject *key, PyObject *value)
@@ -5939,9 +5908,9 @@ slot_mp_ass_subscript(PyObject *self, PyObject *key, PyObject *value)
     PyObject *res;
 
     if (value == NULL)
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delitem__, "(O)", key);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delitem__, key, NULL);
     else
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setitem__, "(OO)", key, value);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setitem__, key, value, NULL);
 
     if (res == NULL)
         return -1;
@@ -5973,7 +5942,7 @@ slot_nb_power(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, PyObject *modulus)
        slot_nb_power, so check before calling self.__pow__. */
     if (Py_TYPE(self)->tp_as_number != NULL &&
         Py_TYPE(self)->tp_as_number->nb_power == slot_nb_power) {
-        return call_method(self, &PyId___pow__, "(OO)", other, modulus);
+        return call_method(self, &PyId___pow__, other, modulus, NULL);
     }
     Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
 }
@@ -6053,28 +6022,28 @@ SLOT1BIN(slot_nb_or, nb_or, "__or__", "__ror__")
 
 SLOT0(slot_nb_int, "__int__")
 SLOT0(slot_nb_float, "__float__")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_add, "__iadd__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_subtract, "__isub__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_multiply, "__imul__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_matrix_multiply, "__imatmul__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_remainder, "__imod__", PyObject *, "O")
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_add, "__iadd__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_subtract, "__isub__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_multiply, "__imul__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_matrix_multiply, "__imatmul__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_remainder, "__imod__", PyObject *)
 /* Can't use SLOT1 here, because nb_inplace_power is ternary */
 static PyObject *
 slot_nb_inplace_power(PyObject *self, PyObject * arg1, PyObject *arg2)
 {
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(__ipow__);
-    return call_method(self, &PyId___ipow__, "(" "O" ")", arg1);
+    return call_method(self, &PyId___ipow__, arg1, NULL);
 }
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_lshift, "__ilshift__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_rshift, "__irshift__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_and, "__iand__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_xor, "__ixor__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_or, "__ior__", PyObject *, "O")
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_lshift, "__ilshift__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_rshift, "__irshift__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_and, "__iand__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_xor, "__ixor__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_or, "__ior__", PyObject *)
 SLOT1BIN(slot_nb_floor_divide, nb_floor_divide,
          "__floordiv__", "__rfloordiv__")
 SLOT1BIN(slot_nb_true_divide, nb_true_divide, "__truediv__", "__rtruediv__")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_floor_divide, "__ifloordiv__", PyObject *, "O")
-SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_true_divide, "__itruediv__", PyObject *, "O")
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_floor_divide, "__ifloordiv__", PyObject *)
+SLOT1(slot_nb_inplace_true_divide, "__itruediv__", PyObject *)
 
 static PyObject *
 slot_tp_repr(PyObject *self)
@@ -6184,7 +6153,7 @@ slot_tp_call(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 static PyObject *
 slot_tp_getattro(PyObject *self, PyObject *name)
 {
-    return call_method(self, &PyId___getattribute__, "(O)", name);
+    return call_method(self, &PyId___getattribute__, name, NULL);
 }
 
 static PyObject *
@@ -6256,9 +6225,9 @@ slot_tp_setattro(PyObject *self, PyObject *name, PyObject *value)
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(__setattr__);
 
     if (value == NULL)
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delattr__, "(O)", name);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delattr__, name, NULL);
     else
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setattr__, "(OO)", name, value);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___setattr__, name, value, NULL);
     if (res == NULL)
         return -1;
     Py_DECREF(res);
@@ -6284,7 +6253,7 @@ slot_tp_richcompare(PyObject *self, PyObject *other, int op)
         PyErr_Clear();
         Py_RETURN_NOTIMPLEMENTED;
     }
-    res = _PyObject_CallArg1(func, other);
+    res = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(func, other, NULL);
     Py_DECREF(func);
     return res;
 }
@@ -6359,9 +6328,9 @@ slot_tp_descr_set(PyObject *self, PyObject *target, PyObject *value)
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(__set__);
 
     if (value == NULL)
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delete__, "(O)", target);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___delete__, target, NULL);
     else
-        res = call_method(self, &PyId___set__, "(OO)", target, value);
+        res = call_method(self, &PyId___set__, target, value, NULL);
     if (res == NULL)
         return -1;
     Py_DECREF(res);
diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 4491167..3fdce82 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1029,8 +1029,7 @@ resize_copy(PyObject *unicode, Py_ssize_t length)
     if (_PyUnicode_KIND(unicode) != PyUnicode_WCHAR_KIND) {
         PyObject *copy;
 
-        if (PyUnicode_READY(unicode) == -1)
-            return NULL;
+        assert(PyUnicode_IS_READY(unicode));
 
         copy = PyUnicode_New(length, PyUnicode_MAX_CHAR_VALUE(unicode));
         if (copy == NULL)
@@ -1974,14 +1973,11 @@ unicode_char(Py_UCS4 ch)
     unicode = PyUnicode_New(1, ch);
     if (unicode == NULL)
         return NULL;
-    switch (PyUnicode_KIND(unicode)) {
-    case PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND:
-        PyUnicode_1BYTE_DATA(unicode)[0] = (Py_UCS1)ch;
-        break;
-    case PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND:
+
+    assert(PyUnicode_KIND(unicode) != PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND);
+    if (PyUnicode_KIND(unicode) == PyUnicode_2BYTE_KIND) {
         PyUnicode_2BYTE_DATA(unicode)[0] = (Py_UCS2)ch;
-        break;
-    default:
+    } else {
         assert(PyUnicode_KIND(unicode) == PyUnicode_4BYTE_KIND);
         PyUnicode_4BYTE_DATA(unicode)[0] = ch;
     }
@@ -1992,12 +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. */
@@ -2482,27 +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). */
@@ -3300,7 +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);
@@ -3412,11 +3407,9 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
 {
     Py_ssize_t wlen, wlen2;
     wchar_t *wstr;
-    PyObject *bytes = NULL;
     char *errmsg;
-    PyObject *reason = NULL;
-    PyObject *exc;
-    size_t error_pos;
+    PyObject *bytes, *reason, *exc;
+    size_t error_pos, errlen;
     int surrogateescape;
 
     if (locale_error_handler(errors, &surrogateescape) < 0)
@@ -3471,6 +3464,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeLocale(PyObject *unicode, const char *errors)
 
         len2 = wcstombs(PyBytes_AS_STRING(bytes), wstr, len+1);
         if (len2 == (size_t)-1 || len2 > len) {
+            Py_DECREF(bytes);
             error_pos = (size_t)-1;
             goto encode_error;
         }
@@ -3486,17 +3480,15 @@ encode_error:
         error_pos = wcstombs_errorpos(wstr);
 
     PyMem_Free(wstr);
-    Py_XDECREF(bytes);
-
-    if (errmsg != NULL) {
-        size_t errlen;
-        wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(errmsg, &errlen);
-        if (wstr != NULL) {
-            reason = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(wstr, errlen);
-            PyMem_RawFree(wstr);
-        } else
-            errmsg = NULL;
+
+    wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(errmsg, &errlen);
+    if (wstr != NULL) {
+        reason = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(wstr, errlen);
+        PyMem_RawFree(wstr);
+    } else {
+        errmsg = NULL;
     }
+
     if (errmsg == NULL)
         reason = PyUnicode_FromString(
             "wcstombs() encountered an unencodable "
@@ -3512,7 +3504,7 @@ encode_error:
     Py_DECREF(reason);
     if (exc != NULL) {
         PyCodec_StrictErrors(exc);
-        Py_XDECREF(exc);
+        Py_DECREF(exc);
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -3719,10 +3711,9 @@ PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
     size_t wlen, wlen2;
     PyObject *unicode;
     int surrogateescape;
-    size_t error_pos;
+    size_t error_pos, errlen;
     char *errmsg;
-    PyObject *reason = NULL;   /* initialize to prevent gcc warning */
-    PyObject *exc;
+    PyObject *exc, *reason = NULL;   /* initialize to prevent gcc warning */
 
     if (locale_error_handler(errors, &surrogateescape) < 0)
         return NULL;
@@ -3780,19 +3771,16 @@ PyUnicode_DecodeLocaleAndSize(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len,
     return unicode;
 
 decode_error:
-    reason = NULL;
     errmsg = strerror(errno);
     assert(errmsg != NULL);
 
     error_pos = mbstowcs_errorpos(str, len);
-    if (errmsg != NULL) {
-        size_t errlen;
-        wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(errmsg, &errlen);
-        if (wstr != NULL) {
-            reason = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(wstr, errlen);
-            PyMem_RawFree(wstr);
-        }
+    wstr = Py_DecodeLocale(errmsg, &errlen);
+    if (wstr != NULL) {
+        reason = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(wstr, errlen);
+        PyMem_RawFree(wstr);
     }
+
     if (reason == NULL)
         reason = PyUnicode_FromString(
             "mbstowcs() encountered an invalid multibyte sequence");
@@ -3807,7 +3795,7 @@ decode_error:
     Py_DECREF(reason);
     if (exc != NULL) {
         PyCodec_StrictErrors(exc);
-        Py_XDECREF(exc);
+        Py_DECREF(exc);
     }
     return NULL;
 }
@@ -4140,7 +4128,11 @@ 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;
@@ -4248,7 +4240,7 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_wchar(
     Py_ssize_t *endinpos, PyObject **exceptionObject, const char **inptr,
     PyObject **output, Py_ssize_t *outpos)
 {
-    static const char *argparse = "O!n;decoding error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
+    static const char *argparse = "Un;decoding error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
 
     PyObject *restuple = NULL;
     PyObject *repunicode = NULL;
@@ -4281,10 +4273,10 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_wchar(
     if (restuple == NULL)
         goto onError;
     if (!PyTuple_Check(restuple)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[4]);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[3]);
         goto onError;
     }
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &PyUnicode_Type, &repunicode, &newpos))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &repunicode, &newpos))
         goto onError;
 
     /* Copy back the bytes variables, which might have been modified by the
@@ -4292,9 +4284,6 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_wchar(
     inputobj = PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetObject(*exceptionObject);
     if (!inputobj)
         goto onError;
-    if (!PyBytes_Check(inputobj)) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "exception attribute object must be bytes");
-    }
     *input = PyBytes_AS_STRING(inputobj);
     insize = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(inputobj);
     *inend = *input + insize;
@@ -4335,7 +4324,7 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_wchar(
     *inptr = *input + newpos;
 
     /* we made it! */
-    Py_XDECREF(restuple);
+    Py_DECREF(restuple);
     return 0;
 
   overflow:
@@ -4356,7 +4345,7 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_writer(
     Py_ssize_t *endinpos, PyObject **exceptionObject, const char **inptr,
     _PyUnicodeWriter *writer /* PyObject **output, Py_ssize_t *outpos */)
 {
-    static const char *argparse = "O!n;decoding error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
+    static const char *argparse = "Un;decoding error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
 
     PyObject *restuple = NULL;
     PyObject *repunicode = NULL;
@@ -4383,10 +4372,10 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_writer(
     if (restuple == NULL)
         goto onError;
     if (!PyTuple_Check(restuple)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[4]);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[3]);
         goto onError;
     }
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &PyUnicode_Type, &repunicode, &newpos))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &repunicode, &newpos))
         goto onError;
 
     /* Copy back the bytes variables, which might have been modified by the
@@ -4394,9 +4383,6 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_writer(
     inputobj = PyUnicodeDecodeError_GetObject(*exceptionObject);
     if (!inputobj)
         goto onError;
-    if (!PyBytes_Check(inputobj)) {
-        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError, "exception attribute object must be bytes");
-    }
     *input = PyBytes_AS_STRING(inputobj);
     insize = PyBytes_GET_SIZE(inputobj);
     *inend = *input + insize;
@@ -4411,8 +4397,6 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_writer(
         goto onError;
     }
 
-    if (PyUnicode_READY(repunicode) < 0)
-        goto onError;
     replen = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(repunicode);
     if (replen > 1) {
         writer->min_length += replen - 1;
@@ -4428,7 +4412,7 @@ unicode_decode_call_errorhandler_writer(
     *inptr = *input + newpos;
 
     /* we made it! */
-    Py_XDECREF(restuple);
+    Py_DECREF(restuple);
     return 0;
 
   onError:
@@ -4834,7 +4818,7 @@ 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,
@@ -5190,7 +5174,7 @@ 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);
@@ -5515,7 +5499,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF32(const Py_UNICODE *s,
                       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);
@@ -5868,7 +5852,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUTF16(const Py_UNICODE *s,
                       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);
@@ -6259,7 +6243,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s,
                               Py_ssize_t size)
 {
     PyObject *result;
-    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromUnicode(s, size);
+    PyObject *tmp = PyUnicode_FromWideChar(s, size);
     if (tmp == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -6476,7 +6460,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeRawUnicodeEscape(const Py_UNICODE *s,
                                  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);
@@ -6814,7 +6798,7 @@ unicode_encode_ucs1(PyObject *unicode,
                     goto onError;
 
                 /* subtract preallocated bytes */
-                writer.min_size -= 1;
+                writer.min_size -= newpos - collstart;
 
                 if (PyBytes_Check(rep)) {
                     /* Directly copy bytes result to output. */
@@ -6830,33 +6814,19 @@ unicode_encode_ucs1(PyObject *unicode,
                     if (PyUnicode_READY(rep) < 0)
                         goto onError;
 
-                    if (PyUnicode_IS_ASCII(rep)) {
-                        /* Fast path: all characters are smaller than limit */
-                        assert(limit >= 128);
-                        assert(PyUnicode_KIND(rep) == PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND);
-                        str = _PyBytesWriter_WriteBytes(&writer, str,
-                                                        PyUnicode_DATA(rep),
-                                                        PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(rep));
-                    }
-                    else {
-                        Py_ssize_t repsize = PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(rep);
-
-                        str = _PyBytesWriter_Prepare(&writer, str, repsize);
-                        if (str == NULL)
-                            goto onError;
-
-                        /* check if there is anything unencodable in the
-                           replacement and copy it to the output */
-                        for (i = 0; repsize-->0; ++i, ++str) {
-                            ch = PyUnicode_READ_CHAR(rep, i);
-                            if (ch >= limit) {
-                                raise_encode_exception(&exc, encoding, unicode,
-                                                       pos, pos+1, reason);
-                                goto onError;
-                            }
-                            *str = (char)ch;
-                        }
+                    if (limit == 256 ?
+                        PyUnicode_KIND(rep) != PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND :
+                        !PyUnicode_IS_ASCII(rep))
+                    {
+                        /* Not all characters are smaller than limit */
+                        raise_encode_exception(&exc, encoding, unicode,
+                                               collstart, collend, reason);
+                        goto onError;
                     }
+                    assert(PyUnicode_KIND(rep) == PyUnicode_1BYTE_KIND);
+                    str = _PyBytesWriter_WriteBytes(&writer, str,
+                                                    PyUnicode_DATA(rep),
+                                                    PyUnicode_GET_LENGTH(rep));
                 }
                 pos = newpos;
                 Py_CLEAR(rep);
@@ -6887,7 +6857,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeLatin1(const Py_UNICODE *p,
                        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);
@@ -7028,7 +6998,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeASCII(const Py_UNICODE *p,
                       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);
@@ -7754,7 +7724,7 @@ 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);
@@ -8602,7 +8572,7 @@ PyUnicode_EncodeCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *p,
                         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);
@@ -8657,7 +8627,7 @@ unicode_translate_call_errorhandler(const char *errors,
                                     Py_ssize_t startpos, Py_ssize_t endpos,
                                     Py_ssize_t *newpos)
 {
-    static const char *argparse = "O!n;translating error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
+    static const char *argparse = "Un;translating error handler must return (str, int) tuple";
 
     Py_ssize_t i_newpos;
     PyObject *restuple;
@@ -8679,11 +8649,11 @@ unicode_translate_call_errorhandler(const char *errors,
     if (restuple == NULL)
         return NULL;
     if (!PyTuple_Check(restuple)) {
-        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[4]);
+        PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, &argparse[3]);
         Py_DECREF(restuple);
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse, &PyUnicode_Type,
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(restuple, argparse,
                           &resunicode, &i_newpos)) {
         Py_DECREF(restuple);
         return NULL;
@@ -9042,7 +9012,7 @@ PyUnicode_TranslateCharmap(const Py_UNICODE *p,
                            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);
@@ -9170,14 +9140,10 @@ 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);
 
@@ -15359,7 +15325,7 @@ 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);
@@ -15454,10 +15420,7 @@ 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*
@@ -15482,8 +15445,8 @@ 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;
 }
 
@@ -15532,7 +15495,7 @@ 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)