bpo-42264: Deprecate sqlite3.OptimizedUnicode (GH-23163)

Lib/sqlite3/__init__.py

@@ -21,3 +21,17 @@
 # 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution.
 
 from sqlite3.dbapi2 import *
+
+
+# bpo-42264: OptimizedUnicode was deprecated in Python 3.10.  It's scheduled
+# for removal in Python 3.12.
+def __getattr__(name):
+    if name == "OptimizedUnicode":
+        import warnings
+        msg = ("""
+            OptimizedUnicode is deprecated and will be removed in Python 3.12.
+            Since Python 3.3 it has simply been an alias for 'str'.
+        """)
+        warnings.warn(msg, DeprecationWarning, stacklevel=2)
+        return str
+    raise AttributeError(f"module 'sqlite3' has no attribute '{name}'")

Lib/sqlite3/test/factory.py

@@ -254,9 +254,10 @@ class TextFactoryTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertTrue(row[0].endswith("reich"), "column must contain original data")
 
     def CheckOptimizedUnicode(self):
-        # In py3k, str objects are always returned when text_factory
-        # is OptimizedUnicode
-        self.con.text_factory = sqlite.OptimizedUnicode
+        # OptimizedUnicode is deprecated as of Python 3.10
+        with self.assertWarns(DeprecationWarning) as cm:
+            self.con.text_factory = sqlite.OptimizedUnicode
+        self.assertIn("factory.py", cm.filename)
         austria = "Österreich"
         germany = "Deutchland"
         a_row = self.con.execute("select ?", (austria,)).fetchone()