tf: account for Python GIL explicit initialization deprecation from Python 3.7 to 3.9 #1909
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Description of Change(s)
Starting with Python 3.7, the GIL is initialized as part of Py_Initialize() and PyEval_InitThreads() no longer needs to be called separately. In Python 3.9, PyEval_InitThreads() no longer does anything and was marked deprecated.
See here for more detail:
https://docs.python.org/3/c-api/init.html#c.PyEval_InitThreads
This change avoids the use of PyEval_InitThreads() and PyEval_ThreadsInitialized() when building against Python 3.7 or later and cleans up the deprecation warnings that are otherwise issued. Those functions are slated for removal in Python 3.11.