Index: Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py
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--- Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py	(revision 58574)
+++ Lib/sqlite3/test/types.py	(working copy)
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@
 class DeclTypesTests(unittest.TestCase):
     class Foo:
         def __init__(self, _val):
+            if isinstance(_val, str8):
+                # sqlite3 always calls __init__ with a str8 created from a
+                # UTF-8 string when __conform__ was used to store the object.
+                _val = _val.decode('utf8')
             self.val = _val
 
         def __cmp__(self, other):
Index: Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c
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--- Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c	(revision 58574)
+++ Modules/_sqlite/cursor.c	(working copy)
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
                     if (*pos == '[') {
                         type_start = pos + 1;
                     } else if (*pos == ']' && type_start != (const char*)-1) {
-                        key = PyString_FromStringAndSize(type_start, pos - type_start);
+                        key = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(type_start, pos - type_start);
                         if (!key) {
                             /* creating a string failed, but it is too complicated
                              * to propagate the error here, we just assume there is
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
             if (decltype) {
                 for (pos = decltype;;pos++) {
                     if (*pos == ' ' || *pos == 0) {
-                        py_decltype = PyString_FromStringAndSize(decltype, pos - decltype);
+                        py_decltype = PyUnicode_FromStringAndSize(decltype, pos - decltype);
                         if (!py_decltype) {
                             return -1;
                         }