[tests] Backport test_cext and test_cppext (C API tests) from main to the 3.12 branch

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The C API is not well tested in the 3.12 branch. I propose to backport test_cext and test_cppext from the main branch to the 3.12 branch.

Example of recent C++ regression: #127902

Linked PRs

• [3.12] gh-127906: Declare timeval struct in pytime.h on Windows #127908
• [3.12] gh-127906: Backport test_cext from the main branch #127912
• [3.13] gh-127906: Backport test_cppext changes from main #127914
• [3.12] gh-127906: Backport test_cppext from the main branch #127915
• gh-127906: Test the limited C API in test_cppext #127916
• [3.13] gh-127906: Test the limited C API in test_cppext (GH-127916) #127919
• [3.12] gh-127906: Test the limited C API in test_cppext (GH-127916) #127920
• [3.13] gh-127906: Backport test_cext changes from the main branch #127923
• [3.12] gh-127906: Skip limited C API test_cext tests if Py_TRACE_REFS #127993
• [3.13] gh-127906: Fix Py_BUILD_ASSERT_EXPR() on Windows #127994

[vstinner]

On the 3.12 branch, test_cext currently fails with these warnings:

  C:\victor\python\3.12\include\cpython/unicodeobject.h(205): error C2220: the following warning is treated as an error
  C:\victor\python\3.12\include\cpython/unicodeobject.h(205): warning C4100: '_unused_op': unreferenced formal parameter
  C:\victor\python\3.12\include\cpython/unicodeobject.h(395): warning C4100: '_unused_op': unreferenced formal parameter
  C:\victor\python\3.12\include\cpython/pytime.h(192): warning C4115: 'timeval': named type definition in parentheses
  extension.c(22): warning C4100: '_unused_module': unreferenced formal parameter
  extension.c(44): warning C4100: '_unused_module': unreferenced formal parameter

I backported MSVC support in Py_UNUSED() to 3.12 to fix unicodeobject.h: PR gh-127907.

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C:\victor\python\3.12\include\cpython/pytime.h(192): warning C4115: 'timeval': named type definition in parentheses

I wrote #127908 to fix this pytime.h warning.

[vstinner]

I tested manually: with "[3.12] gh-127906: Test the limited C API in test_cppext", test_cppext is able to catch #127902 regression!

[encukou]

A 3.13 buildbots is failing on test_cext: https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1419/builds/385

[encukou]

Also, on 3.12, Py_LIMITED_API tests should be skipped under Py_TRACE_REFS; see https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1197/builds/1034/steps/6/logs/stdio

[vstinner]

Also, on 3.12, Py_LIMITED_API tests should be skipped under Py_TRACE_REFS; see https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1197/builds/1034/steps/6/logs/stdio

Oh, right: I created PR gh-127993 to fix this buildbot.

[vstinner]

A 3.13 buildbots is failing on test_cext: https://buildbot.python.org/#/builders/1419/builds/385

  extension.c(56): error C2220: the following warning is treated as an error
  extension.c(56): warning C4116: unnamed type definition in parentheses

Oh, I see. I forgot to backport yet another fix for Py_BUILD_ASSERT_EXPR() on Windows. I created PR gh-127994 to fix this buildbot as well.

Thanks @encukou for reporting these issues! Sadly, test_cext and test_cppext are skipped on GitHub CI jobs since they are too slow.

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The 3.12 TraceRefs and 3.13 buildbots are back to green. I close the issue.

[encukou]

Thank you!