Bug #1515471: string.replace() accepts character buffers again.
Pass the char* and size around rather than PyObject's.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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Core and builtins
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+- Bug #1515471: string.replace() accepts character buffers again.
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- Add PyErr_WarnEx() so C code can pass the stacklevel to warnings.warn().
This provides the proper warning for struct.pack().
PyErr_Warn() is now deprecated in favor of PyErr_WarnEx().