[issue32980] Remove functions that do nothing in _Py_InitializeCore()

[Thomas Nyberg]

New submission from Thomas Nyberg <tomnyberg at gmail.com>:

The `_PyFrame_Init()` and `PyByteArray_Init()` functions are called in these two locations in the `_Py_InitializeCore()` function:

	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Python/pylifecycle.c#L693-L694
	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Python/pylifecycle.c#L699-L700

But their function definitions appear to do nothing:

	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Objects/frameobject.c#L555-L561
	https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/master/Objects/bytearrayobject.c#L24-L28

I can understand leaving the functions in the source for backwards-compatibility, but why are they still being called in `_Py_InitializeCore()`? Seems like it just adds noise for those new to the cpython internals (I certainly found it confusing myself).

Ned Batchelder recommended possibly making a change:

	https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2018-March/731402.html

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title: Remove functions that do nothing in _Py_InitializeCore()
type: enhancement

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