From e0a0a6e93729a44240de6bf78bcf052c4b75427d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Neal Norwitz <nnorwitz@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:04:21 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Since PyUnicode_AsString is a public API, don't just assert,
 but do a regular check and return an error if not unicode.

---
 Objects/unicodeobject.c | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Objects/unicodeobject.c b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
index 157ea1cf5b..e227fc72d2 100644
--- a/Objects/unicodeobject.c
+++ b/Objects/unicodeobject.c
@@ -1204,7 +1204,10 @@ PyObject *_PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString(PyObject *unicode,
 char*
 PyUnicode_AsString(PyObject *unicode)
 {
-    assert(PyUnicode_Check(unicode));
+    if (!PyUnicode_Check(unicode)) {
+        PyErr_BadArgument();
+        return NULL;
+    }
     unicode = _PyUnicode_AsDefaultEncodedString(unicode, NULL);
     if (!unicode)
         return NULL;
-- 
2.40.0