[Python-checkins] gh-105587: Remove assertion from `_PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt` (#105638)

[kumaraditya303]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/6199fe3b3236748033a7ce2559aeddb5a91bbbd9
commit: 6199fe3b3236748033a7ce2559aeddb5a91bbbd9
branch: main
author: Eddie Elizondo <eduardo.elizondorueda at gmail.com>
committer: kumaraditya303 <59607654+kumaraditya303 at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2023-06-14T10:03:32+05:30
summary:

gh-105587: Remove assertion from `_PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt` (#105638)

files:
A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-06-10-21-38-49.gh-issue-105587.rL3rzv.rst
M Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h

diff --git a/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h b/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
index 546ba6d4c552..4b8321647664 100644
--- a/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
+++ b/Include/internal/pycore_global_objects_fini_generated.h
@@ -12,9 +12,8 @@ extern "C" {
 static inline void
 _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt(PyObject *obj) {
     if (Py_REFCNT(obj) < _Py_IMMORTAL_REFCNT) {
-        _PyObject_ASSERT_FAILED_MSG(obj,
-            "immortal object has less refcnt than expected "
-            "_Py_IMMORTAL_REFCNT");
+        fprintf(stderr, "Immortal Object has less refcnt than expected.\n");
+        _PyObject_Dump(obj);
     }
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-06-10-21-38-49.gh-issue-105587.rL3rzv.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-06-10-21-38-49.gh-issue-105587.rL3rzv.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..488f82c3fb57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core and Builtins/2023-06-10-21-38-49.gh-issue-105587.rL3rzv.rst	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+The runtime can't guarantee that immortal objects will not be mutated by
+Extensions. Thus, this modifies _PyStaticObject_CheckRefcnt to warn
+instead of asserting.