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-Improve :mod:`sqlite3` error handling: ``sqlite3_value_text()`` errors that
-set ``SQLITE_NOMEM`` now raise :exc:`MemoryError`. Patch by Erlend E.
-Aasland.
+Improved string handling for :mod:`sqlite3` user-defined functions and
+aggregates:
+
+* It is now possible to pass strings with embedded null characters to UDFs
+* Conversion failures now correctly raise :exc:`MemoryError`
+
+Patch by Erlend E. Aasland.