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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/collections/__init__.py b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
index a55fee1ff4..1f41ff951a 100644
--- a/Lib/collections/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/collections/__init__.py
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
     if isinstance(field_names, str):
         field_names = field_names.replace(',', ' ').split()
     field_names = list(map(str, field_names))
+    typename = str(typename)
     if rename:
         seen = set()
         for index, name in enumerate(field_names):
@@ -362,6 +363,8 @@ def namedtuple(typename, field_names, verbose=False, rename=False):
                 field_names[index] = '_%d' % index
             seen.add(name)
     for name in [typename] + field_names:
+        if type(name) != str:
+            raise TypeError('Type names and field names must be strings')
         if not name.isidentifier():
             raise ValueError('Type names and field names must be valid '
                              'identifiers: %r' % name)