Move _testclinic to multi-phase init

[cmaloney]

Proposal:

Currently adding new types to clinic requires new static globals. Should move to PEP-489.

Has this already been discussed elsewhere?

No response given

Links to previous discussion of this feature:

No response

Linked PRs

• gh-150097: Move _testclinic to multi-phase init #157968

[vstinner]

Would you mind to list the current global variables? How are they generated?

[cmaloney]

The current list lives at:

cpython/Tools/c-analyzer/cpython/globals-to-fix.tsv

Lines 349 to 355 in 32104a1

	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprStarInit -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprStarInitNoInline -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprStarNew -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprKwdInit -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprKwdInitNoInline -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - DeprKwdNew -
	Modules/_testclinic.c - TestClass -

. Hand-written definitions of types + registration of them; as far as I can see nothing requiring static types to work.

edit: Switched to permalink of current main

[vstinner]

Copy of the link (since it's not a permanent link):

Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprStarInit	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprStarInitNoInline	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprStarNew	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprKwdInit	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprKwdInitNoInline	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	DeprKwdNew	-
Modules/_testclinic.c	-	TestClass	-