The problem manifested when the .py module got reloaded and the corresponding extension module didn't. The .py module registers types with the extension and the extension was not allowing that to happen more than once. The solution: let it happen more than once.
This code decrefs `qidobj` twice in some paths. Since `qidobj` isn't used after
the first `Py_DECREF()`, remove the others, and replace the `Py_DECREF()` with
`Py_CLEAR()` to make it clear that the variable is dead.
With this fix, `python -mtest test_interpreters -R 3:3 -mtest_queues` no longer
fails with `_Py_NegativeRefcount: Assertion failed: object has negative ref
count`.
This brings the code under test.support.interpreters, and the corresponding extension modules, in line with recent updates to PEP 734.
(Note: PEP 734 has not been accepted at this time. However, we are using an internal copy of the implementation in the test suite to exercise the existing subinterpreters feature.)
For the most part, these changes make is substantially easier to backport subinterpreter-related code to 3.12, especially the related modules (e.g. _xxsubinterpreters). The main motivation is to support releasing a PyPI package with the 3.13 capabilities compiled for 3.12.
A lot of the changes here involve either hiding details behind macros/functions or splitting up some files.
Eric Snow
Brett Simmers
Serhiy Storchaka