Issue #4387: binascii now refuses to accept str as binary input.
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_binascii.py b/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
index 76a76b2..d4ab6bf 100755
--- a/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_binascii.py
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
         self.assertRaises(binascii.Error, binascii.a2b_hex, t[:-1])
         self.assertRaises(binascii.Error, binascii.a2b_hex, t[:-1] + b'q')
 
-        self.assertEqual(binascii.hexlify('a'), b'61')
+        self.assertEqual(binascii.hexlify(b'a'), b'61')
 
     def test_qp(self):
         # A test for SF bug 534347 (segfaults without the proper fix)
@@ -166,7 +166,15 @@
                 f(b'')
             except SystemError as err:
                 self.fail("%s(b'') raises SystemError: %s" % (n, err))
-        binascii.crc_hqx('', 0)
+        binascii.crc_hqx(b'', 0)
+
+    def test_no_binary_strings(self):
+        # b2a_ must not accept strings
+        for f in (binascii.b2a_uu, binascii.b2a_base64,
+                  binascii.b2a_hqx, binascii.b2a_qp,
+                  binascii.hexlify, binascii.rlecode_hqx,
+                  binascii.crc_hqx, binascii.crc32):
+            self.assertRaises(TypeError, f, "test")
 
 def test_main():
     support.run_unittest(BinASCIITest)
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_descr.py b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
index fa3e0c3..1020740 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_descr.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_descr.py
@@ -3097,22 +3097,14 @@
         import binascii
         # SF bug [#470040] ParseTuple t# vs subclasses.
 
-        class MyStr(str):
+        class MyBytes(bytes):
             pass
-        base = 'abc'
-        m = MyStr(base)
+        base = b'abc'
+        m = MyBytes(base)
         # b2a_hex uses the buffer interface to get its argument's value, via
         # PyArg_ParseTuple 't#' code.
         self.assertEqual(binascii.b2a_hex(m), binascii.b2a_hex(base))
 
-        # It's not clear that unicode will continue to support the character
-        # buffer interface, and this test will fail if that's taken away.
-        class MyUni(str):
-            pass
-        base = 'abc'
-        m = MyUni(base)
-        self.assertEqual(binascii.b2a_hex(m), binascii.b2a_hex(base))
-
         class MyInt(int):
             pass
         m = MyInt(42)
@@ -3129,7 +3121,7 @@
 
         class octetstring(str):
             def __str__(self):
-                return binascii.b2a_hex(self).decode("ascii")
+                return binascii.b2a_hex(self.encode('ascii')).decode("ascii")
             def __repr__(self):
                 return self + " repr"
 
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
index f52aa5e..99c8dda 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_zlib.py
@@ -48,11 +48,11 @@
         self.assertEqual(zlib.adler32('spam'), 72286642)
 
     def test_same_as_binascii_crc32(self):
-        foo = 'abcdefghijklmnop'
+        foo = b'abcdefghijklmnop'
         crc = 2486878355
         self.assertEqual(binascii.crc32(foo), crc)
         self.assertEqual(zlib.crc32(foo), crc)
-        self.assertEqual(binascii.crc32('spam'), zlib.crc32('spam'))
+        self.assertEqual(binascii.crc32(b'spam'), zlib.crc32(b'spam'))