gh-127691: add type checks when using PyUnicodeError objects (GH-127694)

picnixz · web-flow · commit 8bc18182a7c2 · 2024-12-13T17:16:22.000+01:00
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.14.rst
@@ -1045,6 +1045,12 @@ New features
 * Add :c:func:`PyUnstable_Object_EnableDeferredRefcount` for enabling
   deferred reference counting, as outlined in :pep:`703`.
 
+* The :ref:`Unicode Exception Objects <unicodeexceptions>` C API
+  now raises a :exc:`TypeError` if its exception argument is not
+  a :exc:`UnicodeError` object.
+  (Contributed by Bénédikt Tran in :gh:`127691`.)
+
+
 Porting to Python 3.14
 ----------------------
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-12-06-16-53-34.gh-issue-127691.k_Jitp.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C_API/2024-12-06-16-53-34.gh-issue-127691.k_Jitp.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The :ref:`Unicode Exception Objects <unicodeexceptions>` C API
+now raises a :exc:`TypeError` if its exception argument is not
+a :exc:`UnicodeError` object. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.
diff --git a/Objects/exceptions.c b/Objects/exceptions.c

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	`1`	+The :ref:`Unicode Exception Objects <unicodeexceptions>` C API
	`2`	+now raises a :exc:`TypeError` if its exception argument is not
	`3`	+a :exc:`UnicodeError` object. Patch by Bénédikt Tran.