[issue1635741] Py_Finalize() doesn't clear all Python objects at exit

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <vstinner at python.org> added the comment:

I wrote PR 20763 to "finalize" static types in Py_Finalize(). It mostly works, but "./Programs/_testembed test_forced_io_encoding" crash. This program calls Py_Initialize() and Py_Finalize() multiple times in a loop.

It doesn't look to be safe to clear static types. Many functions rely on the fact that static types are "always there" and are never finalized. Also, only a few static types are cleared by my PR: many static types are left unchanged. For example, static types of the _io module.

It seems like a safer approach is to continue the work on bpo-40077: "Convert static types to PyType_FromSpec()".

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