diff --git a/Python/_warnings.c b/Python/_warnings.c
index f93ede2..b8d4bb6 100644
--- a/Python/_warnings.c
+++ b/Python/_warnings.c
@@ -707,14 +707,14 @@
 
         /* Handle the warning. */
         returned = warn_explicit(category, message, filename, lineno, module,
-                            registry, source_line);
+                                 registry, source_line);
         Py_DECREF(source_list);
         return returned;
     }
 
  standard_call:
     return warn_explicit(category, message, filename, lineno, module,
-                                registry, NULL);
+                         registry, NULL);
 }
 
 
@@ -786,11 +786,26 @@
 
 /* Warning with explicit origin */
 int
+PyErr_WarnExplicitObject(PyObject *category, PyObject *message,
+                         PyObject *filename, int lineno,
+                         PyObject *module, PyObject *registry)
+{
+    PyObject *res;
+    if (category == NULL)
+        category = PyExc_RuntimeWarning;
+    res = warn_explicit(category, message, filename, lineno,
+                        module, registry, NULL);
+    if (res == NULL)
+        return -1;
+    Py_DECREF(res);
+    return 0;
+}
+
+int
 PyErr_WarnExplicit(PyObject *category, const char *text,
                    const char *filename_str, int lineno,
                    const char *module_str, PyObject *registry)
 {
-    PyObject *res;
     PyObject *message = PyUnicode_FromString(text);
     PyObject *filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
     PyObject *module = NULL;
@@ -804,14 +819,8 @@
             goto exit;
     }
 
-    if (category == NULL)
-        category = PyExc_RuntimeWarning;
-    res = warn_explicit(category, message, filename, lineno, module, registry,
-                        NULL);
-    if (res == NULL)
-        goto exit;
-    Py_DECREF(res);
-    ret = 0;
+    ret = PyErr_WarnExplicitObject(category, message, filename, lineno,
+                                   module, registry);
 
  exit:
     Py_XDECREF(message);
diff --git a/Python/ast.c b/Python/ast.c
index a72ba20..073d59f 100644
--- a/Python/ast.c
+++ b/Python/ast.c
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
 struct compiling {
     char *c_encoding; /* source encoding */
     PyArena *c_arena; /* arena for allocating memeory */
-    const char *c_filename; /* filename */
+    PyObject *c_filename; /* filename */
     PyObject *c_normalize; /* Normalization function from unicodedata. */
     PyObject *c_normalize_args; /* Normalization argument tuple. */
 };
@@ -573,24 +573,13 @@
 ast_error(struct compiling *c, const node *n, const char *errmsg)
 {
     PyObject *value, *errstr, *loc, *tmp;
-    PyObject *filename_obj;
 
-    loc = PyErr_ProgramText(c->c_filename, LINENO(n));
+    loc = PyErr_ProgramTextObject(c->c_filename, LINENO(n));
     if (!loc) {
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         loc = Py_None;
     }
-    if (c->c_filename) {
-        filename_obj = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(c->c_filename);
-        if (!filename_obj) {
-            Py_DECREF(loc);
-            return 0;
-        }
-    } else {
-        Py_INCREF(Py_None);
-        filename_obj = Py_None;
-    }
-    tmp = Py_BuildValue("(NiiN)", filename_obj, LINENO(n), n->n_col_offset, loc);
+    tmp = Py_BuildValue("(OiiN)", c->c_filename, LINENO(n), n->n_col_offset, loc);
     if (!tmp)
         return 0;
     errstr = PyUnicode_FromString(errmsg);
@@ -673,8 +662,8 @@
 */
 
 mod_ty
-PyAST_FromNode(const node *n, PyCompilerFlags *flags, const char *filename,
-               PyArena *arena)
+PyAST_FromNodeObject(const node *n, PyCompilerFlags *flags,
+                     PyObject *filename, PyArena *arena)
 {
     int i, j, k, num;
     asdl_seq *stmts = NULL;
@@ -684,6 +673,7 @@
     mod_ty res = NULL;
 
     c.c_arena = arena;
+    /* borrowed reference */
     c.c_filename = filename;
     c.c_normalize = c.c_normalize_args = NULL;
     if (flags && flags->cf_flags & PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8) {
@@ -797,6 +787,21 @@
     return res;
 }
 
+mod_ty
+PyAST_FromNode(const node *n, PyCompilerFlags *flags, const char *filename_str,
+               PyArena *arena)
+{
+    mod_ty mod;
+    PyObject *filename;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    mod = PyAST_FromNodeObject(n, flags, filename, arena);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return mod;
+
+}
+
 /* Return the AST repr. of the operator represented as syntax (|, ^, etc.)
 */
 
diff --git a/Python/bltinmodule.c b/Python/bltinmodule.c
index fb3abae..11d9ee4 100644
--- a/Python/bltinmodule.c
+++ b/Python/bltinmodule.c
@@ -579,8 +579,7 @@
 builtin_compile(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
 {
     char *str;
-    PyObject *filename_obj;
-    char *filename;
+    PyObject *filename;
     char *startstr;
     int mode = -1;
     int dont_inherit = 0;
@@ -596,12 +595,11 @@
 
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "OO&s|iii:compile",  kwlist,
                                      &cmd,
-                                     PyUnicode_FSConverter, &filename_obj,
+                                     PyUnicode_FSDecoder, &filename,
                                      &startstr, &supplied_flags,
                                      &dont_inherit, &optimize))
         return NULL;
 
-    filename = PyBytes_AS_STRING(filename_obj);
     cf.cf_flags = supplied_flags | PyCF_SOURCE_IS_UTF8;
 
     if (supplied_flags &
@@ -659,8 +657,8 @@
                 PyArena_Free(arena);
                 goto error;
             }
-            result = (PyObject*)PyAST_CompileEx(mod, filename,
-                                                &cf, optimize, arena);
+            result = (PyObject*)PyAST_CompileObject(mod, filename,
+                                                    &cf, optimize, arena);
             PyArena_Free(arena);
         }
         goto finally;
@@ -670,13 +668,13 @@
     if (str == NULL)
         goto error;
 
-    result = Py_CompileStringExFlags(str, filename, start[mode], &cf, optimize);
+    result = Py_CompileStringObject(str, filename, start[mode], &cf, optimize);
     goto finally;
 
 error:
     result = NULL;
 finally:
-    Py_DECREF(filename_obj);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
     return result;
 }
 
diff --git a/Python/compile.c b/Python/compile.c
index d11e3ab..71a0930 100644
--- a/Python/compile.c
+++ b/Python/compile.c
@@ -149,8 +149,7 @@
 */
 
 struct compiler {
-    const char *c_filename;
-    PyObject *c_filename_obj;
+    PyObject *c_filename;
     struct symtable *c_st;
     PyFutureFeatures *c_future; /* pointer to module's __future__ */
     PyCompilerFlags *c_flags;
@@ -288,8 +287,8 @@
 }
 
 PyCodeObject *
-PyAST_CompileEx(mod_ty mod, const char *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags,
-                int optimize, PyArena *arena)
+PyAST_CompileObject(mod_ty mod, PyObject *filename, PyCompilerFlags *flags,
+                   int optimize, PyArena *arena)
 {
     struct compiler c;
     PyCodeObject *co = NULL;
@@ -304,12 +303,10 @@
 
     if (!compiler_init(&c))
         return NULL;
+    Py_INCREF(filename);
     c.c_filename = filename;
-    c.c_filename_obj = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename);
-    if (!c.c_filename_obj)
-        goto finally;
     c.c_arena = arena;
-    c.c_future = PyFuture_FromAST(mod, filename);
+    c.c_future = PyFuture_FromASTObject(mod, filename);
     if (c.c_future == NULL)
         goto finally;
     if (!flags) {
@@ -323,7 +320,7 @@
     c.c_optimize = (optimize == -1) ? Py_OptimizeFlag : optimize;
     c.c_nestlevel = 0;
 
-    c.c_st = PySymtable_Build(mod, filename, c.c_future);
+    c.c_st = PySymtable_BuildObject(mod, filename, c.c_future);
     if (c.c_st == NULL) {
         if (!PyErr_Occurred())
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SystemError, "no symtable");
@@ -339,6 +336,21 @@
 }
 
 PyCodeObject *
+PyAST_CompileEx(mod_ty mod, const char *filename_str, PyCompilerFlags *flags,
+                int optimize, PyArena *arena)
+{
+    PyObject *filename;
+    PyCodeObject *co;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    co = PyAST_CompileObject(mod, filename, flags, optimize, arena);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return co;
+
+}
+
+PyCodeObject *
 PyNode_Compile(struct _node *n, const char *filename)
 {
     PyCodeObject *co = NULL;
@@ -360,8 +372,7 @@
         PySymtable_Free(c->c_st);
     if (c->c_future)
         PyObject_Free(c->c_future);
-    if (c->c_filename_obj)
-        Py_DECREF(c->c_filename_obj);
+    Py_XDECREF(c->c_filename);
     Py_DECREF(c->c_stack);
 }
 
@@ -1368,12 +1379,11 @@
     if (scope == 0) {
         char buf[350];
         PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf),
-                      "unknown scope for %.100s in %.100s(%s) in %s\n"
+                      "unknown scope for %.100s in %.100s(%s)\n"
                       "symbols: %s\nlocals: %s\nglobals: %s",
                       PyBytes_AS_STRING(name),
                       PyBytes_AS_STRING(c->u->u_name),
                       PyObject_REPR(c->u->u_ste->ste_id),
-                      c->c_filename,
                       PyObject_REPR(c->u->u_ste->ste_symbols),
                       PyObject_REPR(c->u->u_varnames),
                       PyObject_REPR(c->u->u_names)
@@ -2411,6 +2421,7 @@
 {
     static PyObject *assertion_error = NULL;
     basicblock *end;
+    PyObject* msg;
 
     if (c->c_optimize)
         return 1;
@@ -2421,11 +2432,17 @@
     }
     if (s->v.Assert.test->kind == Tuple_kind &&
         asdl_seq_LEN(s->v.Assert.test->v.Tuple.elts) > 0) {
-        const char* msg =
-            "assertion is always true, perhaps remove parentheses?";
-        if (PyErr_WarnExplicit(PyExc_SyntaxWarning, msg, c->c_filename,
-                               c->u->u_lineno, NULL, NULL) == -1)
+        msg = PyUnicode_FromString("assertion is always true, "
+                                   "perhaps remove parentheses?");
+        if (msg == NULL)
             return 0;
+        if (PyErr_WarnExplicitObject(PyExc_SyntaxWarning, msg,
+                                     c->c_filename, c->u->u_lineno,
+                                     NULL, NULL) == -1) {
+            Py_DECREF(msg);
+            return 0;
+        }
+        Py_DECREF(msg);
     }
     VISIT(c, expr, s->v.Assert.test);
     end = compiler_new_block(c);
@@ -3593,12 +3610,12 @@
     PyObject *loc;
     PyObject *u = NULL, *v = NULL;
 
-    loc = PyErr_ProgramText(c->c_filename, c->u->u_lineno);
+    loc = PyErr_ProgramTextObject(c->c_filename, c->u->u_lineno);
     if (!loc) {
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         loc = Py_None;
     }
-    u = Py_BuildValue("(OiiO)", c->c_filename_obj, c->u->u_lineno,
+    u = Py_BuildValue("(OiiO)", c->c_filename, c->u->u_lineno,
                       c->u->u_col_offset, loc);
     if (!u)
         goto exit;
@@ -4188,7 +4205,7 @@
                     nlocals, stackdepth(c), flags,
                     bytecode, consts, names, varnames,
                     freevars, cellvars,
-                    c->c_filename_obj, c->u->u_name,
+                    c->c_filename, c->u->u_name,
                     c->u->u_firstlineno,
                     a->a_lnotab);
  error:
diff --git a/Python/errors.c b/Python/errors.c
index 2d5eb6c..7985eab 100644
--- a/Python/errors.c
+++ b/Python/errors.c
@@ -901,7 +901,8 @@
 
 
 void
-PyErr_SyntaxLocation(const char *filename, int lineno) {
+PyErr_SyntaxLocation(const char *filename, int lineno)
+{
     PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(filename, lineno, -1);
 }
 
@@ -911,7 +912,7 @@
    to make printing of exceptions believe it is a syntax error. */
 
 void
-PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(const char *filename, int lineno, int col_offset)
+PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(PyObject *filename, int lineno, int col_offset)
 {
     PyObject *exc, *v, *tb, *tmp;
     _Py_IDENTIFIER(filename);
@@ -945,16 +946,10 @@
         }
     }
     if (filename != NULL) {
-        tmp = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename);
-        if (tmp == NULL)
+        if (_PyObject_SetAttrId(v, &PyId_filename, filename))
             PyErr_Clear();
-        else {
-            if (_PyObject_SetAttrId(v, &PyId_filename, tmp))
-                PyErr_Clear();
-            Py_DECREF(tmp);
-        }
 
-        tmp = PyErr_ProgramText(filename, lineno);
+        tmp = PyErr_ProgramTextObject(filename, lineno);
         if (tmp) {
             if (_PyObject_SetAttrId(v, &PyId_text, tmp))
                 PyErr_Clear();
@@ -984,6 +979,21 @@
     PyErr_Restore(exc, v, tb);
 }
 
+void
+PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(const char *filename, int lineno, int col_offset)
+{
+    PyObject *fileobj;
+    if (filename != NULL) {
+        fileobj = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename);
+        if (fileobj == NULL)
+            PyErr_Clear();
+    }
+    else
+        fileobj = NULL;
+    PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(fileobj, lineno, col_offset);
+    Py_XDECREF(fileobj);
+}
+
 /* Attempt to load the line of text that the exception refers to.  If it
    fails, it will return NULL but will not set an exception.
 
@@ -991,15 +1001,11 @@
    functionality in tb_displayline() in traceback.c. */
 
 PyObject *
-PyErr_ProgramText(const char *filename, int lineno)
+err_programtext(FILE *fp, int lineno)
 {
-    FILE *fp;
     int i;
     char linebuf[1000];
 
-    if (filename == NULL || *filename == '\0' || lineno <= 0)
-        return NULL;
-    fp = fopen(filename, "r" PY_STDIOTEXTMODE);
     if (fp == NULL)
         return NULL;
     for (i = 0; i < lineno; i++) {
@@ -1030,6 +1036,26 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+PyObject *
+PyErr_ProgramText(const char *filename, int lineno)
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+    if (filename == NULL || *filename == '\0' || lineno <= 0)
+        return NULL;
+    fp = fopen(filename, "r" PY_STDIOTEXTMODE);
+    return err_programtext(fp, lineno);
+}
+
+PyObject *
+PyErr_ProgramTextObject(PyObject *filename, int lineno)
+{
+    FILE *fp;
+    if (filename == NULL || lineno <= 0)
+        return NULL;
+    fp = _Py_fopen(filename, "r" PY_STDIOTEXTMODE);
+    return err_programtext(fp, lineno);
+}
+
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index 8097814..81eab54 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 "from __future__ imports must occur at the beginning of the file"
 
 static int
-future_check_features(PyFutureFeatures *ff, stmt_ty s, const char *filename)
+future_check_features(PyFutureFeatures *ff, stmt_ty s, PyObject *filename)
 {
     int i;
     asdl_seq *names;
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@
         } else if (strcmp(feature, "braces") == 0) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
                             "not a chance");
-            PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
+            PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
             return 0;
         } else {
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_SyntaxError,
                          UNDEFINED_FUTURE_FEATURE, feature);
-            PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
+            PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
             return 0;
         }
     }
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@
 }
 
 static int
-future_parse(PyFutureFeatures *ff, mod_ty mod, const char *filename)
+future_parse(PyFutureFeatures *ff, mod_ty mod, PyObject *filename)
 {
     int i, done = 0, prev_line = 0;
     stmt_ty first;
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@
                 if (done) {
                     PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
                                     ERR_LATE_FUTURE);
-                    PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
+                    PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(filename, s->lineno, s->col_offset);
                     return 0;
                 }
                 if (!future_check_features(ff, s, filename))
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 
 
 PyFutureFeatures *
-PyFuture_FromAST(mod_ty mod, const char *filename)
+PyFuture_FromASTObject(mod_ty mod, PyObject *filename)
 {
     PyFutureFeatures *ff;
 
@@ -139,3 +139,18 @@
     }
     return ff;
 }
+
+
+PyFutureFeatures *
+PyFuture_FromAST(mod_ty mod, const char *filename_str)
+{
+    PyFutureFeatures *ff;
+    PyObject *filename;
+
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    ff = PyFuture_FromASTObject(mod, filename);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return ff;
+}
diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 37dc3b8..dc8f412 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -2051,8 +2051,8 @@
 }
 
 PyObject *
-Py_CompileStringExFlags(const char *str, const char *filename, int start,
-                        PyCompilerFlags *flags, int optimize)
+Py_CompileStringObject(const char *str, PyObject *filename, int start,
+                       PyCompilerFlags *flags, int optimize)
 {
     PyCodeObject *co;
     mod_ty mod;
@@ -2060,7 +2060,7 @@
     if (arena == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
-    mod = PyParser_ASTFromString(str, filename, start, flags, arena);
+    mod = PyParser_ASTFromStringObject(str, filename, start, flags, arena);
     if (mod == NULL) {
         PyArena_Free(arena);
         return NULL;
@@ -2070,11 +2070,24 @@
         PyArena_Free(arena);
         return result;
     }
-    co = PyAST_CompileEx(mod, filename, flags, optimize, arena);
+    co = PyAST_CompileObject(mod, filename, flags, optimize, arena);
     PyArena_Free(arena);
     return (PyObject *)co;
 }
 
+PyObject *
+Py_CompileStringExFlags(const char *str, const char *filename_str, int start,
+                        PyCompilerFlags *flags, int optimize)
+{
+    PyObject *filename, *co;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    co = Py_CompileStringObject(str, filename, start, flags, optimize);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return co;
+}
+
 /* For use in Py_LIMITED_API */
 #undef Py_CompileString
 PyObject *
@@ -2084,46 +2097,62 @@
 }
 
 struct symtable *
-Py_SymtableString(const char *str, const char *filename, int start)
+Py_SymtableStringObject(const char *str, PyObject *filename, int start)
 {
     struct symtable *st;
     mod_ty mod;
     PyCompilerFlags flags;
-    PyArena *arena = PyArena_New();
+    PyArena *arena;
+
+    arena = PyArena_New();
     if (arena == NULL)
         return NULL;
 
     flags.cf_flags = 0;
-    mod = PyParser_ASTFromString(str, filename, start, &flags, arena);
+    mod = PyParser_ASTFromStringObject(str, filename, start, &flags, arena);
     if (mod == NULL) {
         PyArena_Free(arena);
         return NULL;
     }
-    st = PySymtable_Build(mod, filename, 0);
+    st = PySymtable_BuildObject(mod, filename, 0);
     PyArena_Free(arena);
     return st;
 }
 
+struct symtable *
+Py_SymtableString(const char *str, const char *filename_str, int start)
+{
+    PyObject *filename;
+    struct symtable *st;
+
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    st = Py_SymtableStringObject(str, filename, start);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return st;
+}
+
 /* Preferred access to parser is through AST. */
 mod_ty
-PyParser_ASTFromString(const char *s, const char *filename, int start,
-                       PyCompilerFlags *flags, PyArena *arena)
+PyParser_ASTFromStringObject(const char *s, PyObject *filename, int start,
+                             PyCompilerFlags *flags, PyArena *arena)
 {
     mod_ty mod;
     PyCompilerFlags localflags;
     perrdetail err;
     int iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
 
-    node *n = PyParser_ParseStringFlagsFilenameEx(s, filename,
-                                    &_PyParser_Grammar, start, &err,
-                                    &iflags);
+    node *n = PyParser_ParseStringObject(s, filename,
+                                         &_PyParser_Grammar, start, &err,
+                                         &iflags);
     if (flags == NULL) {
         localflags.cf_flags = 0;
         flags = &localflags;
     }
     if (n) {
         flags->cf_flags |= iflags & PyCF_MASK;
-        mod = PyAST_FromNode(n, flags, filename, arena);
+        mod = PyAST_FromNodeObject(n, flags, filename, arena);
         PyNode_Free(n);
     }
     else {
@@ -2135,26 +2164,40 @@
 }
 
 mod_ty
-PyParser_ASTFromFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename, const char* enc,
-                     int start, char *ps1,
-                     char *ps2, PyCompilerFlags *flags, int *errcode,
-                     PyArena *arena)
+PyParser_ASTFromString(const char *s, const char *filename_str, int start,
+                       PyCompilerFlags *flags, PyArena *arena)
+{
+    PyObject *filename;
+    mod_ty mod;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    mod = PyParser_ASTFromStringObject(s, filename, start, flags, arena);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return mod;
+}
+
+mod_ty
+PyParser_ASTFromFileObject(FILE *fp, PyObject *filename, const char* enc,
+                           int start, char *ps1,
+                           char *ps2, PyCompilerFlags *flags, int *errcode,
+                           PyArena *arena)
 {
     mod_ty mod;
     PyCompilerFlags localflags;
     perrdetail err;
     int iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
 
-    node *n = PyParser_ParseFileFlagsEx(fp, filename, enc,
-                                      &_PyParser_Grammar,
-                            start, ps1, ps2, &err, &iflags);
+    node *n = PyParser_ParseFileObject(fp, filename, enc,
+                                       &_PyParser_Grammar,
+                                       start, ps1, ps2, &err, &iflags);
     if (flags == NULL) {
         localflags.cf_flags = 0;
         flags = &localflags;
     }
     if (n) {
         flags->cf_flags |= iflags & PyCF_MASK;
-        mod = PyAST_FromNode(n, flags, filename, arena);
+        mod = PyAST_FromNodeObject(n, flags, filename, arena);
         PyNode_Free(n);
     }
     else {
@@ -2167,6 +2210,23 @@
     return mod;
 }
 
+mod_ty
+PyParser_ASTFromFile(FILE *fp, const char *filename_str, const char* enc,
+                     int start, char *ps1,
+                     char *ps2, PyCompilerFlags *flags, int *errcode,
+                     PyArena *arena)
+{
+    mod_ty mod;
+    PyObject *filename;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    mod = PyParser_ASTFromFileObject(fp, filename, enc, start, ps1, ps2,
+                                     flags, errcode, arena);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return mod;
+}
+
 /* Simplified interface to parsefile -- return node or set exception */
 
 node *
diff --git a/Python/symtable.c b/Python/symtable.c
index 183bf69..618a814 100644
--- a/Python/symtable.c
+++ b/Python/symtable.c
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@
 #define COMPILER_STACK_FRAME_SCALE 3
 
 struct symtable *
-PySymtable_Build(mod_ty mod, const char *filename, PyFutureFeatures *future)
+PySymtable_BuildObject(mod_ty mod, PyObject *filename, PyFutureFeatures *future)
 {
     struct symtable *st = symtable_new();
     asdl_seq *seq;
@@ -241,7 +241,12 @@
     PyThreadState *tstate;
 
     if (st == NULL)
-        return st;
+        return NULL;
+    if (filename == NULL) {
+        PySymtable_Free(st);
+        return NULL;
+    }
+    Py_INCREF(filename);
     st->st_filename = filename;
     st->st_future = future;
 
@@ -302,9 +307,23 @@
     return NULL;
 }
 
+struct symtable *
+PySymtable_Build(mod_ty mod, const char *filename_str, PyFutureFeatures *future)
+{
+    PyObject *filename;
+    struct symtable *st;
+    filename = PyUnicode_DecodeFSDefault(filename_str);
+    if (filename == NULL)
+        return NULL;
+    st = PySymtable_BuildObject(mod, filename, future);
+    Py_DECREF(filename);
+    return st;
+}
+
 void
 PySymtable_Free(struct symtable *st)
 {
+    Py_XDECREF(st->st_filename);
     Py_XDECREF(st->st_blocks);
     Py_XDECREF(st->st_stack);
     PyMem_Free((void *)st);
@@ -354,9 +373,9 @@
         if (PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 0) == name)
             break;
     }
-    PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(ste->ste_table->st_filename,
-                           PyLong_AsLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 1)),
-                           PyLong_AsLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 2)));
+    PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(ste->ste_table->st_filename,
+                               PyLong_AsLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 1)),
+                               PyLong_AsLong(PyTuple_GET_ITEM(data, 2)));
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -583,8 +602,9 @@
         break;
     }
 
-    PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(ste->ste_table->st_filename, ste->ste_opt_lineno,
-                           ste->ste_opt_col_offset);
+    PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(ste->ste_table->st_filename,
+                               ste->ste_opt_lineno,
+                               ste->ste_opt_col_offset);
     return 0;
 }
 
@@ -915,15 +935,20 @@
 static int
 symtable_warn(struct symtable *st, char *msg, int lineno)
 {
-    if (PyErr_WarnExplicit(PyExc_SyntaxWarning, msg, st->st_filename,
-                           lineno, NULL, NULL) < 0)     {
+    PyObject *message = PyUnicode_FromString(msg);
+    if (message == NULL)
+        return 0;
+    if (PyErr_WarnExplicitObject(PyExc_SyntaxWarning, message, st->st_filename,
+                                 lineno, NULL, NULL) < 0)     {
+        Py_DECREF(message);
         if (PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_SyntaxWarning)) {
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError, msg);
-            PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(st->st_filename, st->st_cur->ste_lineno,
-                                   st->st_cur->ste_col_offset);
+            PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(st->st_filename, st->st_cur->ste_lineno,
+                                       st->st_cur->ste_col_offset);
         }
         return 0;
     }
+    Py_DECREF(message);
     return 1;
 }
 
@@ -1006,9 +1031,9 @@
         if ((flag & DEF_PARAM) && (val & DEF_PARAM)) {
             /* Is it better to use 'mangled' or 'name' here? */
             PyErr_Format(PyExc_SyntaxError, DUPLICATE_ARGUMENT, name);
-            PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(st->st_filename,
-                                   st->st_cur->ste_lineno,
-                                   st->st_cur->ste_col_offset);
+            PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(st->st_filename,
+                                       st->st_cur->ste_lineno,
+                                       st->st_cur->ste_col_offset);
             goto error;
         }
         val |= flag;
@@ -1613,7 +1638,7 @@
             int lineno = st->st_cur->ste_lineno;
             int col_offset = st->st_cur->ste_col_offset;
             PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError, IMPORT_STAR_WARNING);
-            PyErr_SyntaxLocationEx(st->st_filename, lineno, col_offset);
+            PyErr_SyntaxLocationObject(st->st_filename, lineno, col_offset);
             Py_DECREF(store_name);
             return 0;
         }