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+# Run the tests in Programs/_testembed.c (tests for the CPython embedding APIs)
+from test import support
+from test.support import import_helper
+from test.support import os_helper
+import unittest
+
+from collections import namedtuple
+import contextlib
+import json
+import os
+import os.path
+import re
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import sys
+import sysconfig
+import tempfile
+import textwrap
+
+if not support.has_subprocess_support:
+    raise unittest.SkipTest("test module requires subprocess")
+
+MS_WINDOWS = (os.name == 'nt')
+MACOS = (sys.platform == 'darwin')
+Py_DEBUG = hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount')
+PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_NOT_SET = 0
+PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG = 2
+PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC = 3
+
+# _PyCoreConfig_InitCompatConfig()
+API_COMPAT = 1
+# _PyCoreConfig_InitPythonConfig()
+API_PYTHON = 2
+# _PyCoreConfig_InitIsolatedConfig()
+API_ISOLATED = 3
+
+INIT_LOOPS = 4
+MAX_HASH_SEED = 4294967295
+
+
+# If we are running from a build dir, but the stdlib has been installed,
+# some tests need to expect different results.
+STDLIB_INSTALL = os.path.join(sys.prefix, sys.platlibdir,
+    f'python{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}')
+if not os.path.isfile(os.path.join(STDLIB_INSTALL, 'os.py')):
+    STDLIB_INSTALL = None
+
+def debug_build(program):
+    program = os.path.basename(program)
+    name = os.path.splitext(program)[0]
+    return name.casefold().endswith("_d".casefold())
+
+
+def remove_python_envvars():
+    env = dict(os.environ)
+    # Remove PYTHON* environment variables to get deterministic environment
+    for key in list(env):
+        if key.startswith('PYTHON'):
+            del env[key]
+    return env
+
+
+class EmbeddingTestsMixin:
+    def setUp(self):
+        exename = "_testembed"
+        builddir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            ext = ("_d" if debug_build(sys.executable) else "") + ".exe"
+            exename += ext
+            exepath = builddir
+        else:
+            exepath = os.path.join(builddir, 'Programs')
+        self.test_exe = exe = os.path.join(exepath, exename)
+        if not os.path.exists(exe):
+            self.skipTest("%r doesn't exist" % exe)
+        # This is needed otherwise we get a fatal error:
+        # "Py_Initialize: Unable to get the locale encoding
+        # LookupError: no codec search functions registered: can't find encoding"
+        self.oldcwd = os.getcwd()
+        os.chdir(builddir)
+
+    def tearDown(self):
+        os.chdir(self.oldcwd)
+
+    def run_embedded_interpreter(self, *args, env=None,
+                                 timeout=None, returncode=0, input=None,
+                                 cwd=None):
+        """Runs a test in the embedded interpreter"""
+        cmd = [self.test_exe]
+        cmd.extend(args)
+        if env is not None and MS_WINDOWS:
+            # Windows requires at least the SYSTEMROOT environment variable to
+            # start Python.
+            env = env.copy()
+            env['SYSTEMROOT'] = os.environ['SYSTEMROOT']
+
+        p = subprocess.Popen(cmd,
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                             universal_newlines=True,
+                             env=env,
+                             cwd=cwd)
+        try:
+            (out, err) = p.communicate(input=input, timeout=timeout)
+        except:
+            p.terminate()
+            p.wait()
+            raise
+        if p.returncode != returncode and support.verbose:
+            print(f"--- {cmd} failed ---")
+            print(f"stdout:\n{out}")
+            print(f"stderr:\n{err}")
+            print(f"------")
+
+        self.assertEqual(p.returncode, returncode,
+                         "bad returncode %d, stderr is %r" %
+                         (p.returncode, err))
+        return out, err
+
+    def run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters(self):
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters")
+        self.assertEqual(err, "")
+
+        # The output from _testembed looks like this:
+        # --- Pass 1 ---
+        # interp 0 <0x1cf9330>, thread state <0x1cf9700>: id(modules) = 139650431942728
+        # interp 1 <0x1d4f690>, thread state <0x1d35350>: id(modules) = 139650431165784
+        # interp 2 <0x1d5a690>, thread state <0x1d99ed0>: id(modules) = 139650413140368
+        # interp 3 <0x1d4f690>, thread state <0x1dc3340>: id(modules) = 139650412862200
+        # interp 0 <0x1cf9330>, thread state <0x1cf9700>: id(modules) = 139650431942728
+        # --- Pass 2 ---
+        # ...
+
+        interp_pat = (r"^interp (\d+) <(0x[\dA-F]+)>, "
+                      r"thread state <(0x[\dA-F]+)>: "
+                      r"id\(modules\) = ([\d]+)$")
+        Interp = namedtuple("Interp", "id interp tstate modules")
+
+        numloops = 1
+        current_run = []
+        for line in out.splitlines():
+            if line == "--- Pass {} ---".format(numloops):
+                self.assertEqual(len(current_run), 0)
+                if support.verbose > 1:
+                    print(line)
+                numloops += 1
+                continue
+
+            self.assertLess(len(current_run), 5)
+            match = re.match(interp_pat, line)
+            if match is None:
+                self.assertRegex(line, interp_pat)
+
+            # Parse the line from the loop.  The first line is the main
+            # interpreter and the 3 afterward are subinterpreters.
+            interp = Interp(*match.groups())
+            if support.verbose > 1:
+                print(interp)
+            self.assertTrue(interp.interp)
+            self.assertTrue(interp.tstate)
+            self.assertTrue(interp.modules)
+            current_run.append(interp)
+
+            # The last line in the loop should be the same as the first.
+            if len(current_run) == 5:
+                main = current_run[0]
+                self.assertEqual(interp, main)
+                yield current_run
+                current_run = []
+
+
+class EmbeddingTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    maxDiff = 100 * 50
+
+    def test_subinterps_main(self):
+        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
+            main = run[0]
+
+            self.assertEqual(main.id, '0')
+
+    def test_subinterps_different_ids(self):
+        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
+            main, *subs, _ = run
+
+            mainid = int(main.id)
+            for i, sub in enumerate(subs):
+                self.assertEqual(sub.id, str(mainid + i + 1))
+
+    def test_subinterps_distinct_state(self):
+        for run in self.run_repeated_init_and_subinterpreters():
+            main, *subs, _ = run
+
+            if '0x0' in main:
+                # XXX Fix on Windows (and other platforms): something
+                # is going on with the pointers in Programs/_testembed.c.
+                # interp.interp is 0x0 and interp.modules is the same
+                # between interpreters.
+                raise unittest.SkipTest('platform prints pointers as 0x0')
+
+            for sub in subs:
+                # A new subinterpreter may have the same
+                # PyInterpreterState pointer as a previous one if
+                # the earlier one has already been destroyed.  So
+                # we compare with the main interpreter.  The same
+                # applies to tstate.
+                self.assertNotEqual(sub.interp, main.interp)
+                self.assertNotEqual(sub.tstate, main.tstate)
+                self.assertNotEqual(sub.modules, main.modules)
+
+    def test_repeated_init_and_inittab(self):
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_init_and_inittab")
+        self.assertEqual(err, "")
+
+        lines = [f"--- Pass {i} ---" for i in range(1, INIT_LOOPS+1)]
+        lines = "\n".join(lines) + "\n"
+        self.assertEqual(out, lines)
+
+    def test_forced_io_encoding(self):
+        # Checks forced configuration of embedded interpreter IO streams
+        env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONIOENCODING="utf-8:surrogateescape")
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_forced_io_encoding", env=env)
+        if support.verbose > 1:
+            print()
+            print(out)
+            print(err)
+        expected_stream_encoding = "utf-8"
+        expected_errors = "surrogateescape"
+        expected_output = '\n'.join([
+        "--- Use defaults ---",
+        "Expected encoding: default",
+        "Expected errors: default",
+        "stdin: {in_encoding}:{errors}",
+        "stdout: {out_encoding}:{errors}",
+        "stderr: {out_encoding}:backslashreplace",
+        "--- Set errors only ---",
+        "Expected encoding: default",
+        "Expected errors: ignore",
+        "stdin: {in_encoding}:ignore",
+        "stdout: {out_encoding}:ignore",
+        "stderr: {out_encoding}:backslashreplace",
+        "--- Set encoding only ---",
+        "Expected encoding: iso8859-1",
+        "Expected errors: default",
+        "stdin: iso8859-1:{errors}",
+        "stdout: iso8859-1:{errors}",
+        "stderr: iso8859-1:backslashreplace",
+        "--- Set encoding and errors ---",
+        "Expected encoding: iso8859-1",
+        "Expected errors: replace",
+        "stdin: iso8859-1:replace",
+        "stdout: iso8859-1:replace",
+        "stderr: iso8859-1:backslashreplace"])
+        expected_output = expected_output.format(
+                                in_encoding=expected_stream_encoding,
+                                out_encoding=expected_stream_encoding,
+                                errors=expected_errors)
+        # This is useful if we ever trip over odd platform behaviour
+        self.maxDiff = None
+        self.assertEqual(out.strip(), expected_output)
+
+    def test_pre_initialization_api(self):
+        """
+        Checks some key parts of the C-API that need to work before the runtime
+        is initialized (via Py_Initialize()).
+        """
+        env = dict(os.environ, PYTHONPATH=os.pathsep.join(sys.path))
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_pre_initialization_api", env=env)
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            expected_path = self.test_exe
+        else:
+            expected_path = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), "spam")
+        expected_output = f"sys.executable: {expected_path}\n"
+        self.assertIn(expected_output, out)
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_pre_initialization_sys_options(self):
+        """
+        Checks that sys.warnoptions and sys._xoptions can be set before the
+        runtime is initialized (otherwise they won't be effective).
+        """
+        env = remove_python_envvars()
+        env['PYTHONPATH'] = os.pathsep.join(sys.path)
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter(
+                        "test_pre_initialization_sys_options", env=env)
+        expected_output = (
+            "sys.warnoptions: ['once', 'module', 'default']\n"
+            "sys._xoptions: {'not_an_option': '1', 'also_not_an_option': '2'}\n"
+            "warnings.filters[:3]: ['default', 'module', 'once']\n"
+        )
+        self.assertIn(expected_output, out)
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_bpo20891(self):
+        """
+        bpo-20891: Calling PyGILState_Ensure in a non-Python thread must not
+        crash.
+        """
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_bpo20891")
+        self.assertEqual(out, '')
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_initialize_twice(self):
+        """
+        bpo-33932: Calling Py_Initialize() twice should do nothing (and not
+        crash!).
+        """
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_initialize_twice")
+        self.assertEqual(out, '')
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_initialize_pymain(self):
+        """
+        bpo-34008: Calling Py_Main() after Py_Initialize() must not fail.
+        """
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_initialize_pymain")
+        self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), "Py_Main() after Py_Initialize: sys.argv=['-c', 'arg2']")
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_run_main(self):
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_run_main")
+        self.assertEqual(out.rstrip(), "Py_RunMain(): sys.argv=['-c', 'arg2']")
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_run_main_loop(self):
+        # bpo-40413: Calling Py_InitializeFromConfig()+Py_RunMain() multiple
+        # times must not crash.
+        nloop = 5
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_run_main_loop")
+        self.assertEqual(out, "Py_RunMain(): sys.argv=['-c', 'arg2']\n" * nloop)
+        self.assertEqual(err, '')
+
+    def test_finalize_structseq(self):
+        # bpo-46417: Py_Finalize() clears structseq static types. Check that
+        # sys attributes using struct types still work when
+        # Py_Finalize()/Py_Initialize() is called multiple times.
+        # print() calls type->tp_repr(instance) and so checks that the types
+        # are still working properly.
+        script = support.findfile('_test_embed_structseq.py')
+        with open(script, encoding="utf-8") as fp:
+            code = fp.read()
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_init_exec", code)
+        self.assertEqual(out, 'Tests passed\n' * INIT_LOOPS)
+
+    def test_simple_initialization_api(self):
+        # _testembed now uses Py_InitializeFromConfig by default
+        # This case specifically checks Py_Initialize(Ex) still works
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_simple_init")
+        self.assertEqual(out, 'Finalized\n' * INIT_LOOPS)
+
+    def test_quickened_static_code_gets_unquickened_at_Py_FINALIZE(self):
+        # https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/92031
+
+        # Do these imports outside of the code string to avoid using
+        # importlib too much from within the code string, so that
+        # _handle_fromlist doesn't get quickened until we intend it to.
+        from dis import _all_opmap
+        resume = _all_opmap["RESUME"]
+        resume_quick = _all_opmap["RESUME_QUICK"]
+        from test.test_dis import QUICKENING_WARMUP_DELAY
+
+        code = textwrap.dedent(f"""\
+            import importlib._bootstrap
+            func = importlib._bootstrap._handle_fromlist
+            code = func.__code__
+
+            # Assert initially unquickened.
+            # Use sets to account for byte order.
+            if set(code._co_code_adaptive[:2]) != set([{resume}, 0]):
+                raise AssertionError()
+
+            for i in range({QUICKENING_WARMUP_DELAY}):
+                func(importlib._bootstrap, ["x"], lambda *args: None)
+
+            # Assert quickening worked
+            if set(code._co_code_adaptive[:2]) != set([{resume_quick}, 0]):
+                raise AssertionError()
+
+            print("Tests passed")
+        """)
+        run = self.run_embedded_interpreter
+        out, err = run("test_repeated_init_exec", code)
+        self.assertEqual(out, 'Tests passed\n' * INIT_LOOPS)
+
+    def test_ucnhash_capi_reset(self):
+        # bpo-47182: unicodeobject.c:ucnhash_capi was not reset on shutdown.
+        code = "print('\\N{digit nine}')"
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_repeated_init_exec", code)
+        self.assertEqual(out, '9\n' * INIT_LOOPS)
+
+class InitConfigTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    maxDiff = 4096
+    UTF8_MODE_ERRORS = ('surrogatepass' if MS_WINDOWS else 'surrogateescape')
+
+    # Marker to read the default configuration: get_default_config()
+    GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG = object()
+
+    # Marker to ignore a configuration parameter
+    IGNORE_CONFIG = object()
+
+    PRE_CONFIG_COMPAT = {
+        '_config_init': API_COMPAT,
+        'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_NOT_SET,
+        'parse_argv': 0,
+        'configure_locale': 1,
+        'coerce_c_locale': 0,
+        'coerce_c_locale_warn': 0,
+        'utf8_mode': 0,
+    }
+    if MS_WINDOWS:
+        PRE_CONFIG_COMPAT.update({
+            'legacy_windows_fs_encoding': 0,
+        })
+    PRE_CONFIG_PYTHON = dict(PRE_CONFIG_COMPAT,
+        _config_init=API_PYTHON,
+        parse_argv=1,
+        coerce_c_locale=GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        utf8_mode=GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+    )
+    PRE_CONFIG_ISOLATED = dict(PRE_CONFIG_COMPAT,
+        _config_init=API_ISOLATED,
+        configure_locale=0,
+        isolated=1,
+        use_environment=0,
+        utf8_mode=0,
+        dev_mode=0,
+        coerce_c_locale=0,
+    )
+
+    COPY_PRE_CONFIG = [
+        'dev_mode',
+        'isolated',
+        'use_environment',
+    ]
+
+    CONFIG_COMPAT = {
+        '_config_init': API_COMPAT,
+        'isolated': 0,
+        'use_environment': 1,
+        'dev_mode': 0,
+
+        'install_signal_handlers': 1,
+        'use_hash_seed': 0,
+        'hash_seed': 0,
+        'faulthandler': 0,
+        'tracemalloc': 0,
+        'import_time': 0,
+        'code_debug_ranges': 1,
+        'show_ref_count': 0,
+        'dump_refs': 0,
+        'malloc_stats': 0,
+
+        'filesystem_encoding': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'filesystem_errors': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+
+        'pycache_prefix': None,
+        'program_name': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'parse_argv': 0,
+        'argv': [""],
+        'orig_argv': [],
+
+        'xoptions': [],
+        'warnoptions': [],
+
+        'pythonpath_env': None,
+        'home': None,
+        'executable': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'base_executable': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+
+        'prefix': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'base_prefix': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'exec_prefix': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'base_exec_prefix': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'module_search_paths': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'module_search_paths_set': 1,
+        'platlibdir': sys.platlibdir,
+        'stdlib_dir': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+
+        'site_import': 1,
+        'bytes_warning': 0,
+        'warn_default_encoding': 0,
+        'inspect': 0,
+        'interactive': 0,
+        'optimization_level': 0,
+        'parser_debug': 0,
+        'write_bytecode': 1,
+        'verbose': 0,
+        'quiet': 0,
+        'user_site_directory': 1,
+        'configure_c_stdio': 0,
+        'buffered_stdio': 1,
+
+        'stdio_encoding': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+        'stdio_errors': GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG,
+
+        'skip_source_first_line': 0,
+        'run_command': None,
+        'run_module': None,
+        'run_filename': None,
+
+        '_install_importlib': 1,
+        'check_hash_pycs_mode': 'default',
+        'pathconfig_warnings': 1,
+        '_init_main': 1,
+        '_isolated_interpreter': 0,
+        'use_frozen_modules': not Py_DEBUG,
+        'safe_path': 0,
+        '_is_python_build': IGNORE_CONFIG,
+    }
+    if MS_WINDOWS:
+        CONFIG_COMPAT.update({
+            'legacy_windows_stdio': 0,
+        })
+
+    CONFIG_PYTHON = dict(CONFIG_COMPAT,
+        _config_init=API_PYTHON,
+        configure_c_stdio=1,
+        parse_argv=2,
+    )
+    CONFIG_ISOLATED = dict(CONFIG_COMPAT,
+        _config_init=API_ISOLATED,
+        isolated=1,
+        use_environment=0,
+        user_site_directory=0,
+        safe_path=1,
+        dev_mode=0,
+        install_signal_handlers=0,
+        use_hash_seed=0,
+        faulthandler=0,
+        tracemalloc=0,
+        pathconfig_warnings=0,
+    )
+    if MS_WINDOWS:
+        CONFIG_ISOLATED['legacy_windows_stdio'] = 0
+
+    # global config
+    DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG = {
+        'Py_HasFileSystemDefaultEncoding': 0,
+        'Py_HashRandomizationFlag': 1,
+        '_Py_HasFileSystemDefaultEncodeErrors': 0,
+    }
+    COPY_GLOBAL_PRE_CONFIG = [
+        ('Py_UTF8Mode', 'utf8_mode'),
+    ]
+    COPY_GLOBAL_CONFIG = [
+        # Copy core config to global config for expected values
+        # True means that the core config value is inverted (0 => 1 and 1 => 0)
+        ('Py_BytesWarningFlag', 'bytes_warning'),
+        ('Py_DebugFlag', 'parser_debug'),
+        ('Py_DontWriteBytecodeFlag', 'write_bytecode', True),
+        ('Py_FileSystemDefaultEncodeErrors', 'filesystem_errors'),
+        ('Py_FileSystemDefaultEncoding', 'filesystem_encoding'),
+        ('Py_FrozenFlag', 'pathconfig_warnings', True),
+        ('Py_IgnoreEnvironmentFlag', 'use_environment', True),
+        ('Py_InspectFlag', 'inspect'),
+        ('Py_InteractiveFlag', 'interactive'),
+        ('Py_IsolatedFlag', 'isolated'),
+        ('Py_NoSiteFlag', 'site_import', True),
+        ('Py_NoUserSiteDirectory', 'user_site_directory', True),
+        ('Py_OptimizeFlag', 'optimization_level'),
+        ('Py_QuietFlag', 'quiet'),
+        ('Py_UnbufferedStdioFlag', 'buffered_stdio', True),
+        ('Py_VerboseFlag', 'verbose'),
+    ]
+    if MS_WINDOWS:
+        COPY_GLOBAL_PRE_CONFIG.extend((
+            ('Py_LegacyWindowsFSEncodingFlag', 'legacy_windows_fs_encoding'),
+        ))
+        COPY_GLOBAL_CONFIG.extend((
+            ('Py_LegacyWindowsStdioFlag', 'legacy_windows_stdio'),
+        ))
+
+    EXPECTED_CONFIG = None
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(cls):
+        # clear cache
+        cls.EXPECTED_CONFIG = None
+
+    def main_xoptions(self, xoptions_list):
+        xoptions = {}
+        for opt in xoptions_list:
+            if '=' in opt:
+                key, value = opt.split('=', 1)
+                xoptions[key] = value
+            else:
+                xoptions[opt] = True
+        return xoptions
+
+    def _get_expected_config_impl(self):
+        env = remove_python_envvars()
+        code = textwrap.dedent('''
+            import json
+            import sys
+            import _testinternalcapi
+
+            configs = _testinternalcapi.get_configs()
+
+            data = json.dumps(configs)
+            data = data.encode('utf-8')
+            sys.stdout.buffer.write(data)
+            sys.stdout.buffer.flush()
+        ''')
+
+        # Use -S to not import the site module: get the proper configuration
+        # when test_embed is run from a venv (bpo-35313)
+        args = [sys.executable, '-S', '-c', code]
+        proc = subprocess.run(args, env=env,
+                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+        if proc.returncode:
+            raise Exception(f"failed to get the default config: "
+                            f"stdout={proc.stdout!r} stderr={proc.stderr!r}")
+        stdout = proc.stdout.decode('utf-8')
+        # ignore stderr
+        try:
+            return json.loads(stdout)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            self.fail(f"fail to decode stdout: {stdout!r}")
+
+    def _get_expected_config(self):
+        cls = InitConfigTests
+        if cls.EXPECTED_CONFIG is None:
+            cls.EXPECTED_CONFIG = self._get_expected_config_impl()
+
+        # get a copy
+        configs = {}
+        for config_key, config_value in cls.EXPECTED_CONFIG.items():
+            config = {}
+            for key, value in config_value.items():
+                if isinstance(value, list):
+                    value = value.copy()
+                config[key] = value
+            configs[config_key] = config
+        return configs
+
+    def get_expected_config(self, expected_preconfig, expected,
+                            env, api, modify_path_cb=None):
+        configs = self._get_expected_config()
+
+        pre_config = configs['pre_config']
+        for key, value in expected_preconfig.items():
+            if value is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected_preconfig[key] = pre_config[key]
+
+        if not expected_preconfig['configure_locale'] or api == API_COMPAT:
+            # there is no easy way to get the locale encoding before
+            # setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "") is called: don't test encodings
+            for key in ('filesystem_encoding', 'filesystem_errors',
+                        'stdio_encoding', 'stdio_errors'):
+                expected[key] = self.IGNORE_CONFIG
+
+        if not expected_preconfig['configure_locale']:
+            # UTF-8 Mode depends on the locale. There is no easy way
+            # to guess if UTF-8 Mode will be enabled or not if the locale
+            # is not configured.
+            expected_preconfig['utf8_mode'] = self.IGNORE_CONFIG
+
+        if expected_preconfig['utf8_mode'] == 1:
+            if expected['filesystem_encoding'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected['filesystem_encoding'] = 'utf-8'
+            if expected['filesystem_errors'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected['filesystem_errors'] = self.UTF8_MODE_ERRORS
+            if expected['stdio_encoding'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected['stdio_encoding'] = 'utf-8'
+            if expected['stdio_errors'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected['stdio_errors'] = 'surrogateescape'
+
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            default_executable = self.test_exe
+        elif expected['program_name'] is not self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+            default_executable = os.path.abspath(expected['program_name'])
+        else:
+            default_executable = os.path.join(os.getcwd(), '_testembed')
+        if expected['executable'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+            expected['executable'] = default_executable
+        if expected['base_executable'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+            expected['base_executable'] = default_executable
+        if expected['program_name'] is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+            expected['program_name'] = './_testembed'
+
+        config = configs['config']
+        for key, value in expected.items():
+            if value is self.GET_DEFAULT_CONFIG:
+                expected[key] = config[key]
+
+        if expected['module_search_paths'] is not self.IGNORE_CONFIG:
+            pythonpath_env = expected['pythonpath_env']
+            if pythonpath_env is not None:
+                paths = pythonpath_env.split(os.path.pathsep)
+                expected['module_search_paths'] = [*paths, *expected['module_search_paths']]
+            if modify_path_cb is not None:
+                expected['module_search_paths'] = expected['module_search_paths'].copy()
+                modify_path_cb(expected['module_search_paths'])
+
+        for key in self.COPY_PRE_CONFIG:
+            if key not in expected_preconfig:
+                expected_preconfig[key] = expected[key]
+
+    def check_pre_config(self, configs, expected):
+        pre_config = dict(configs['pre_config'])
+        for key, value in list(expected.items()):
+            if value is self.IGNORE_CONFIG:
+                pre_config.pop(key, None)
+                del expected[key]
+        self.assertEqual(pre_config, expected)
+
+    def check_config(self, configs, expected):
+        config = dict(configs['config'])
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            value = config.get(key := 'program_name')
+            if value and isinstance(value, str):
+                value = value[:len(value.lower().removesuffix('.exe'))]
+                if debug_build(sys.executable):
+                    value = value[:len(value.lower().removesuffix('_d'))]
+                config[key] = value
+        for key, value in list(expected.items()):
+            if value is self.IGNORE_CONFIG:
+                config.pop(key, None)
+                del expected[key]
+        self.assertEqual(config, expected)
+
+    def check_global_config(self, configs):
+        pre_config = configs['pre_config']
+        config = configs['config']
+
+        expected = dict(self.DEFAULT_GLOBAL_CONFIG)
+        for item in self.COPY_GLOBAL_CONFIG:
+            if len(item) == 3:
+                global_key, core_key, opposite = item
+                expected[global_key] = 0 if config[core_key] else 1
+            else:
+                global_key, core_key = item
+                expected[global_key] = config[core_key]
+        for item in self.COPY_GLOBAL_PRE_CONFIG:
+            if len(item) == 3:
+                global_key, core_key, opposite = item
+                expected[global_key] = 0 if pre_config[core_key] else 1
+            else:
+                global_key, core_key = item
+                expected[global_key] = pre_config[core_key]
+
+        self.assertEqual(configs['global_config'], expected)
+
+    def check_all_configs(self, testname, expected_config=None,
+                          expected_preconfig=None,
+                          modify_path_cb=None,
+                          stderr=None, *, api, preconfig_api=None,
+                          env=None, ignore_stderr=False, cwd=None):
+        new_env = remove_python_envvars()
+        if env is not None:
+            new_env.update(env)
+        env = new_env
+
+        if preconfig_api is None:
+            preconfig_api = api
+        if preconfig_api == API_ISOLATED:
+            default_preconfig = self.PRE_CONFIG_ISOLATED
+        elif preconfig_api == API_PYTHON:
+            default_preconfig = self.PRE_CONFIG_PYTHON
+        else:
+            default_preconfig = self.PRE_CONFIG_COMPAT
+        if expected_preconfig is None:
+            expected_preconfig = {}
+        expected_preconfig = dict(default_preconfig, **expected_preconfig)
+
+        if expected_config is None:
+            expected_config = {}
+
+        if api == API_PYTHON:
+            default_config = self.CONFIG_PYTHON
+        elif api == API_ISOLATED:
+            default_config = self.CONFIG_ISOLATED
+        else:
+            default_config = self.CONFIG_COMPAT
+        expected_config = dict(default_config, **expected_config)
+
+        self.get_expected_config(expected_preconfig,
+                                 expected_config,
+                                 env,
+                                 api, modify_path_cb)
+
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter(testname,
+                                                 env=env, cwd=cwd)
+        if stderr is None and not expected_config['verbose']:
+            stderr = ""
+        if stderr is not None and not ignore_stderr:
+            self.assertEqual(err.rstrip(), stderr)
+        try:
+            configs = json.loads(out)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            self.fail(f"fail to decode stdout: {out!r}")
+
+        self.check_pre_config(configs, expected_preconfig)
+        self.check_config(configs, expected_config)
+        self.check_global_config(configs)
+        return configs
+
+    def test_init_default_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_initialize_config", api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_preinit_compat_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_compat_config", api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_compat_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_config", api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_global_config(self):
+        preconfig = {
+            'utf8_mode': 1,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'program_name': './globalvar',
+            'site_import': 0,
+            'bytes_warning': 1,
+            'warnoptions': ['default::BytesWarning'],
+            'inspect': 1,
+            'interactive': 1,
+            'optimization_level': 2,
+            'write_bytecode': 0,
+            'verbose': 1,
+            'quiet': 1,
+            'buffered_stdio': 0,
+
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+            'pathconfig_warnings': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_global_config", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_from_config(self):
+        preconfig = {
+            'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC,
+            'utf8_mode': 1,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'install_signal_handlers': 0,
+            'use_hash_seed': 1,
+            'hash_seed': 123,
+            'tracemalloc': 2,
+            'import_time': 1,
+            'code_debug_ranges': 0,
+            'show_ref_count': 1,
+            'malloc_stats': 1,
+
+            'stdio_encoding': 'iso8859-1',
+            'stdio_errors': 'replace',
+
+            'pycache_prefix': 'conf_pycache_prefix',
+            'program_name': './conf_program_name',
+            'argv': ['-c', 'arg2'],
+            'orig_argv': ['python3',
+                          '-W', 'cmdline_warnoption',
+                          '-X', 'cmdline_xoption',
+                          '-c', 'pass',
+                          'arg2'],
+            'parse_argv': 2,
+            'xoptions': [
+                'config_xoption1=3',
+                'config_xoption2=',
+                'config_xoption3',
+                'cmdline_xoption',
+            ],
+            'warnoptions': [
+                'cmdline_warnoption',
+                'default::BytesWarning',
+                'config_warnoption',
+            ],
+            'run_command': 'pass\n',
+
+            'site_import': 0,
+            'bytes_warning': 1,
+            'inspect': 1,
+            'interactive': 1,
+            'optimization_level': 2,
+            'write_bytecode': 0,
+            'verbose': 1,
+            'quiet': 1,
+            'configure_c_stdio': 1,
+            'buffered_stdio': 0,
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'platlibdir': 'my_platlibdir',
+            'module_search_paths': self.IGNORE_CONFIG,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+
+            'check_hash_pycs_mode': 'always',
+            'pathconfig_warnings': 0,
+
+            '_isolated_interpreter': 1,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_from_config", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_compat_env(self):
+        preconfig = {
+            'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'use_hash_seed': 1,
+            'hash_seed': 42,
+            'tracemalloc': 2,
+            'import_time': 1,
+            'code_debug_ranges': 0,
+            'malloc_stats': 1,
+            'inspect': 1,
+            'optimization_level': 2,
+            'pythonpath_env': '/my/path',
+            'pycache_prefix': 'env_pycache_prefix',
+            'write_bytecode': 0,
+            'verbose': 1,
+            'buffered_stdio': 0,
+            'stdio_encoding': 'iso8859-1',
+            'stdio_errors': 'replace',
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'warnoptions': ['EnvVar'],
+            'platlibdir': 'env_platlibdir',
+            'module_search_paths': self.IGNORE_CONFIG,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_env", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_python_env(self):
+        preconfig = {
+            'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC,
+            'utf8_mode': 1,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'use_hash_seed': 1,
+            'hash_seed': 42,
+            'tracemalloc': 2,
+            'import_time': 1,
+            'code_debug_ranges': 0,
+            'malloc_stats': 1,
+            'inspect': 1,
+            'optimization_level': 2,
+            'pythonpath_env': '/my/path',
+            'pycache_prefix': 'env_pycache_prefix',
+            'write_bytecode': 0,
+            'verbose': 1,
+            'buffered_stdio': 0,
+            'stdio_encoding': 'iso8859-1',
+            'stdio_errors': 'replace',
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'warnoptions': ['EnvVar'],
+            'platlibdir': 'env_platlibdir',
+            'module_search_paths': self.IGNORE_CONFIG,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_python_env", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_env_dev_mode(self):
+        preconfig = dict(allocator=PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG)
+        config = dict(dev_mode=1,
+                      faulthandler=1,
+                      warnoptions=['default'])
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_env_dev_mode", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_env_dev_mode_alloc(self):
+        preconfig = dict(allocator=PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_MALLOC)
+        config = dict(dev_mode=1,
+                      faulthandler=1,
+                      warnoptions=['default'])
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_env_dev_mode_alloc", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_init_dev_mode(self):
+        preconfig = {
+            'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'dev_mode': 1,
+            'warnoptions': ['default'],
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_dev_mode", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_preinit_parse_argv(self):
+        # Pre-initialize implicitly using argv: make sure that -X dev
+        # is used to configure the allocation in preinitialization
+        preconfig = {
+            'allocator': PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'argv': ['script.py'],
+            'orig_argv': ['python3', '-X', 'dev', '-P', 'script.py'],
+            'run_filename': os.path.abspath('script.py'),
+            'dev_mode': 1,
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'warnoptions': ['default'],
+            'xoptions': ['dev'],
+            'safe_path': 1,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_parse_argv", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_preinit_dont_parse_argv(self):
+        # -X dev must be ignored by isolated preconfiguration
+        preconfig = {
+            'isolated': 0,
+        }
+        argv = ["python3",
+               "-E", "-I", "-P",
+               "-X", "dev",
+               "-X", "utf8",
+               "script.py"]
+        config = {
+            'argv': argv,
+            'orig_argv': argv,
+            'isolated': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_dont_parse_argv", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_ISOLATED)
+
+    def test_init_isolated_flag(self):
+        config = {
+            'isolated': 1,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+            'use_environment': 0,
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_isolated_flag", config, api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_preinit_isolated1(self):
+        # _PyPreConfig.isolated=1, _PyCoreConfig.isolated not set
+        config = {
+            'isolated': 1,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+            'use_environment': 0,
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_isolated1", config, api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_preinit_isolated2(self):
+        # _PyPreConfig.isolated=0, _PyCoreConfig.isolated=1
+        config = {
+            'isolated': 1,
+            'safe_path': 1,
+            'use_environment': 0,
+            'user_site_directory': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_isolated2", config, api=API_COMPAT)
+
+    def test_preinit_isolated_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_isolated_config", api=API_ISOLATED)
+
+    def test_init_isolated_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_isolated_config", api=API_ISOLATED)
+
+    def test_preinit_python_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_preinit_python_config", api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_python_config(self):
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_python_config", api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_dont_configure_locale(self):
+        # _PyPreConfig.configure_locale=0
+        preconfig = {
+            'configure_locale': 0,
+            'coerce_c_locale': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_dont_configure_locale", {}, preconfig,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    @unittest.skip('as of 3.11 this test no longer works because '
+                   'path calculations do not occur on read')
+    def test_init_read_set(self):
+        config = {
+            'program_name': './init_read_set',
+            'executable': 'my_executable',
+            'base_executable': 'my_executable',
+        }
+        def modify_path(path):
+            path.insert(1, "test_path_insert1")
+            path.append("test_path_append")
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_read_set", config,
+                               api=API_PYTHON,
+                               modify_path_cb=modify_path)
+
+    def test_init_sys_add(self):
+        config = {
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'xoptions': [
+                'config_xoption',
+                'cmdline_xoption',
+                'sysadd_xoption',
+                'faulthandler',
+            ],
+            'warnoptions': [
+                'ignore:::cmdline_warnoption',
+                'ignore:::sysadd_warnoption',
+                'ignore:::config_warnoption',
+            ],
+            'orig_argv': ['python3',
+                          '-W', 'ignore:::cmdline_warnoption',
+                          '-X', 'cmdline_xoption'],
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_sys_add", config, api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_run_main(self):
+        code = ('import _testinternalcapi, json; '
+                'print(json.dumps(_testinternalcapi.get_configs()))')
+        config = {
+            'argv': ['-c', 'arg2'],
+            'orig_argv': ['python3', '-c', code, 'arg2'],
+            'program_name': './python3',
+            'run_command': code + '\n',
+            'parse_argv': 2,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_run_main", config, api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_main(self):
+        code = ('import _testinternalcapi, json; '
+                'print(json.dumps(_testinternalcapi.get_configs()))')
+        config = {
+            'argv': ['-c', 'arg2'],
+            'orig_argv': ['python3',
+                          '-c', code,
+                          'arg2'],
+            'program_name': './python3',
+            'run_command': code + '\n',
+            'parse_argv': 2,
+            '_init_main': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_main", config,
+                               api=API_PYTHON,
+                               stderr="Run Python code before _Py_InitializeMain")
+
+    def test_init_parse_argv(self):
+        config = {
+            'parse_argv': 2,
+            'argv': ['-c', 'arg1', '-v', 'arg3'],
+            'orig_argv': ['./argv0', '-E', '-c', 'pass', 'arg1', '-v', 'arg3'],
+            'program_name': './argv0',
+            'run_command': 'pass\n',
+            'use_environment': 0,
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_parse_argv", config, api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_dont_parse_argv(self):
+        pre_config = {
+            'parse_argv': 0,
+        }
+        config = {
+            'parse_argv': 0,
+            'argv': ['./argv0', '-E', '-c', 'pass', 'arg1', '-v', 'arg3'],
+            'orig_argv': ['./argv0', '-E', '-c', 'pass', 'arg1', '-v', 'arg3'],
+            'program_name': './argv0',
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_dont_parse_argv", config, pre_config,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def default_program_name(self, config):
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            program_name = 'python'
+            executable = self.test_exe
+        else:
+            program_name = 'python3'
+            if MACOS:
+                executable = self.test_exe
+            else:
+                executable = shutil.which(program_name) or ''
+        config.update({
+            'program_name': program_name,
+            'base_executable': executable,
+            'executable': executable,
+        })
+
+    def test_init_setpath(self):
+        # Test Py_SetPath()
+        config = self._get_expected_config()
+        paths = config['config']['module_search_paths']
+
+        config = {
+            'module_search_paths': paths,
+            'prefix': '',
+            'base_prefix': '',
+            'exec_prefix': '',
+            'base_exec_prefix': '',
+             # The current getpath.c doesn't determine the stdlib dir
+             # in this case.
+            'stdlib_dir': '',
+        }
+        self.default_program_name(config)
+        env = {'TESTPATH': os.path.pathsep.join(paths)}
+
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_setpath", config,
+                               api=API_COMPAT, env=env,
+                               ignore_stderr=True)
+
+    def test_init_setpath_config(self):
+        # Test Py_SetPath() with PyConfig
+        config = self._get_expected_config()
+        paths = config['config']['module_search_paths']
+
+        config = {
+            # set by Py_SetPath()
+            'module_search_paths': paths,
+            'prefix': '',
+            'base_prefix': '',
+            'exec_prefix': '',
+            'base_exec_prefix': '',
+             # The current getpath.c doesn't determine the stdlib dir
+             # in this case.
+            'stdlib_dir': '',
+            'use_frozen_modules': not Py_DEBUG,
+            # overridden by PyConfig
+            'program_name': 'conf_program_name',
+            'base_executable': 'conf_executable',
+            'executable': 'conf_executable',
+        }
+        env = {'TESTPATH': os.path.pathsep.join(paths)}
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_setpath_config", config,
+                               api=API_PYTHON, env=env, ignore_stderr=True)
+
+    def module_search_paths(self, prefix=None, exec_prefix=None):
+        config = self._get_expected_config()
+        if prefix is None:
+            prefix = config['config']['prefix']
+        if exec_prefix is None:
+            exec_prefix = config['config']['prefix']
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            return config['config']['module_search_paths']
+        else:
+            ver = sys.version_info
+            return [
+                os.path.join(prefix, sys.platlibdir,
+                             f'python{ver.major}{ver.minor}.zip'),
+                os.path.join(prefix, sys.platlibdir,
+                             f'python{ver.major}.{ver.minor}'),
+                os.path.join(exec_prefix, sys.platlibdir,
+                             f'python{ver.major}.{ver.minor}', 'lib-dynload'),
+            ]
+
+    @contextlib.contextmanager
+    def tmpdir_with_python(self, subdir=None):
+        # Temporary directory with a copy of the Python program
+        with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmpdir:
+            # bpo-38234: On macOS and FreeBSD, the temporary directory
+            # can be symbolic link. For example, /tmp can be a symbolic link
+            # to /var/tmp. Call realpath() to resolve all symbolic links.
+            tmpdir = os.path.realpath(tmpdir)
+            if subdir:
+                tmpdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tmpdir, subdir))
+                os.makedirs(tmpdir)
+
+            if MS_WINDOWS:
+                # Copy pythonXY.dll (or pythonXY_d.dll)
+                import fnmatch
+                exedir = os.path.dirname(self.test_exe)
+                for f in os.listdir(exedir):
+                    if fnmatch.fnmatch(f, '*.dll'):
+                        shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(exedir, f), os.path.join(tmpdir, f))
+
+            # Copy Python program
+            exec_copy = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.path.basename(self.test_exe))
+            shutil.copyfile(self.test_exe, exec_copy)
+            shutil.copystat(self.test_exe, exec_copy)
+            self.test_exe = exec_copy
+
+            yield tmpdir
+
+    def test_init_setpythonhome(self):
+        # Test Py_SetPythonHome(home) with PYTHONPATH env var
+        config = self._get_expected_config()
+        paths = config['config']['module_search_paths']
+        paths_str = os.path.pathsep.join(paths)
+
+        for path in paths:
+            if not os.path.isdir(path):
+                continue
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'os.py')):
+                home = os.path.dirname(path)
+                break
+        else:
+            self.fail(f"Unable to find home in {paths!r}")
+
+        prefix = exec_prefix = home
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, "Lib")
+            # Because we are specifying 'home', module search paths
+            # are fairly static
+            expected_paths = [paths[0], os.path.join(home, 'DLLs'), stdlib]
+        else:
+            version = f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}'
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, sys.platlibdir, f'python{version}')
+            expected_paths = self.module_search_paths(prefix=home, exec_prefix=home)
+
+        config = {
+            'home': home,
+            'module_search_paths': expected_paths,
+            'prefix': prefix,
+            'base_prefix': prefix,
+            'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'base_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'pythonpath_env': paths_str,
+            'stdlib_dir': stdlib,
+        }
+        self.default_program_name(config)
+        env = {'TESTHOME': home, 'PYTHONPATH': paths_str}
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_setpythonhome", config,
+                               api=API_COMPAT, env=env)
+
+    def test_init_is_python_build_with_home(self):
+        # Test _Py_path_config._is_python_build configuration (gh-91985)
+        config = self._get_expected_config()
+        paths = config['config']['module_search_paths']
+        paths_str = os.path.pathsep.join(paths)
+
+        for path in paths:
+            if not os.path.isdir(path):
+                continue
+            if os.path.exists(os.path.join(path, 'os.py')):
+                home = os.path.dirname(path)
+                break
+        else:
+            self.fail(f"Unable to find home in {paths!r}")
+
+        prefix = exec_prefix = home
+        if MS_WINDOWS:
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, "Lib")
+            # Because we are specifying 'home', module search paths
+            # are fairly static
+            expected_paths = [paths[0], os.path.join(home, 'DLLs'), stdlib]
+        else:
+            version = f'{sys.version_info.major}.{sys.version_info.minor}'
+            stdlib = os.path.join(home, sys.platlibdir, f'python{version}')
+            expected_paths = self.module_search_paths(prefix=home, exec_prefix=home)
+
+        config = {
+            'home': home,
+            'module_search_paths': expected_paths,
+            'prefix': prefix,
+            'base_prefix': prefix,
+            'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'base_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+            'pythonpath_env': paths_str,
+            'stdlib_dir': stdlib,
+        }
+        # The code above is taken from test_init_setpythonhome()
+        env = {'TESTHOME': home, 'PYTHONPATH': paths_str}
+
+        env['NEGATIVE_ISPYTHONBUILD'] = '1'
+        config['_is_python_build'] = 0
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_is_python_build", config,
+                               api=API_COMPAT, env=env)
+
+        env['NEGATIVE_ISPYTHONBUILD'] = '0'
+        config['_is_python_build'] = 1
+        exedir = os.path.dirname(sys.executable)
+        with open(os.path.join(exedir, 'pybuilddir.txt'), encoding='utf8') as f:
+            expected_paths[1 if MS_WINDOWS else 2] = os.path.normpath(
+                os.path.join(exedir, f'{f.read()}\n$'.splitlines()[0]))
+        if not MS_WINDOWS:
+            # PREFIX (default) is set when running in build directory
+            prefix = exec_prefix = sys.prefix
+            # stdlib calculation (/Lib) is not yet supported
+            expected_paths[0] = self.module_search_paths(prefix=prefix)[0]
+            config.update(prefix=prefix, base_prefix=prefix,
+                          exec_prefix=exec_prefix, base_exec_prefix=exec_prefix)
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_is_python_build", config,
+                               api=API_COMPAT, env=env)
+
+    def copy_paths_by_env(self, config):
+        all_configs = self._get_expected_config()
+        paths = all_configs['config']['module_search_paths']
+        paths_str = os.path.pathsep.join(paths)
+        config['pythonpath_env'] = paths_str
+        env = {'PYTHONPATH': paths_str}
+        return env
+
+    @unittest.skipIf(MS_WINDOWS, 'See test_init_pybuilddir_win32')
+    def test_init_pybuilddir(self):
+        # Test path configuration with pybuilddir.txt configuration file
+
+        with self.tmpdir_with_python() as tmpdir:
+            # pybuilddir.txt is a sub-directory relative to the current
+            # directory (tmpdir)
+            vpath = sysconfig.get_config_var("VPATH") or ''
+            subdir = 'libdir'
+            libdir = os.path.join(tmpdir, subdir)
+            # The stdlib dir is dirname(executable) + VPATH + 'Lib'
+            stdlibdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tmpdir, vpath, 'Lib'))
+            os.mkdir(libdir)
+
+            filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'pybuilddir.txt')
+            with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf8") as fp:
+                fp.write(subdir)
+
+            module_search_paths = self.module_search_paths()
+            module_search_paths[-2] = stdlibdir
+            module_search_paths[-1] = libdir
+
+            executable = self.test_exe
+            config = {
+                'base_exec_prefix': sysconfig.get_config_var("exec_prefix"),
+                'base_prefix': sysconfig.get_config_var("prefix"),
+                'base_executable': executable,
+                'executable': executable,
+                'module_search_paths': module_search_paths,
+                'stdlib_dir': stdlibdir,
+            }
+            env = self.copy_paths_by_env(config)
+            self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_config", config,
+                                   api=API_COMPAT, env=env,
+                                   ignore_stderr=True, cwd=tmpdir)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(MS_WINDOWS, 'See test_init_pybuilddir')
+    def test_init_pybuilddir_win32(self):
+        # Test path configuration with pybuilddir.txt configuration file
+
+        vpath = sysconfig.get_config_var("VPATH")
+        subdir = r'PCbuild\arch'
+        if os.path.normpath(vpath).count(os.sep) == 2:
+            subdir = os.path.join(subdir, 'instrumented')
+
+        with self.tmpdir_with_python(subdir) as tmpdir:
+            # The prefix is dirname(executable) + VPATH
+            prefix = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tmpdir, vpath))
+            # The stdlib dir is dirname(executable) + VPATH + 'Lib'
+            stdlibdir = os.path.normpath(os.path.join(tmpdir, vpath, 'Lib'))
+
+            filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'pybuilddir.txt')
+            with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf8") as fp:
+                fp.write(tmpdir)
+
+            module_search_paths = self.module_search_paths()
+            module_search_paths[-3] = os.path.join(tmpdir, os.path.basename(module_search_paths[-3]))
+            module_search_paths[-2] = tmpdir
+            module_search_paths[-1] = stdlibdir
+
+            executable = self.test_exe
+            config = {
+                'base_exec_prefix': prefix,
+                'base_prefix': prefix,
+                'base_executable': executable,
+                'executable': executable,
+                'prefix': prefix,
+                'exec_prefix': prefix,
+                'module_search_paths': module_search_paths,
+                'stdlib_dir': stdlibdir,
+            }
+            env = self.copy_paths_by_env(config)
+            self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_config", config,
+                                   api=API_COMPAT, env=env,
+                                   ignore_stderr=False, cwd=tmpdir)
+
+    def test_init_pyvenv_cfg(self):
+        # Test path configuration with pyvenv.cfg configuration file
+
+        with self.tmpdir_with_python() as tmpdir, \
+             tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as pyvenv_home:
+            ver = sys.version_info
+
+            if not MS_WINDOWS:
+                lib_dynload = os.path.join(pyvenv_home,
+                                           sys.platlibdir,
+                                           f'python{ver.major}.{ver.minor}',
+                                           'lib-dynload')
+                os.makedirs(lib_dynload)
+            else:
+                lib_folder = os.path.join(pyvenv_home, 'Lib')
+                os.makedirs(lib_folder)
+                # getpath.py uses Lib\os.py as the LANDMARK
+                shutil.copyfile(
+                    os.path.join(support.STDLIB_DIR, 'os.py'),
+                    os.path.join(lib_folder, 'os.py'),
+                )
+
+            filename = os.path.join(tmpdir, 'pyvenv.cfg')
+            with open(filename, "w", encoding="utf8") as fp:
+                print("home = %s" % pyvenv_home, file=fp)
+                print("include-system-site-packages = false", file=fp)
+
+            paths = self.module_search_paths()
+            if not MS_WINDOWS:
+                paths[-1] = lib_dynload
+            else:
+                paths = [
+                    os.path.join(tmpdir, os.path.basename(paths[0])),
+                    pyvenv_home,
+                    os.path.join(pyvenv_home, "Lib"),
+                ]
+
+            executable = self.test_exe
+            base_executable = os.path.join(pyvenv_home, os.path.basename(executable))
+            exec_prefix = pyvenv_home
+            config = {
+                'base_prefix': sysconfig.get_config_var("prefix"),
+                'base_exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+                'exec_prefix': exec_prefix,
+                'base_executable': base_executable,
+                'executable': executable,
+                'module_search_paths': paths,
+            }
+            if MS_WINDOWS:
+                config['base_prefix'] = pyvenv_home
+                config['prefix'] = pyvenv_home
+                config['stdlib_dir'] = os.path.join(pyvenv_home, 'Lib')
+                config['use_frozen_modules'] = int(not Py_DEBUG)
+            else:
+                # cannot reliably assume stdlib_dir here because it
+                # depends too much on our build. But it ought to be found
+                config['stdlib_dir'] = self.IGNORE_CONFIG
+                config['use_frozen_modules'] = int(not Py_DEBUG)
+
+            env = self.copy_paths_by_env(config)
+            self.check_all_configs("test_init_compat_config", config,
+                                   api=API_COMPAT, env=env,
+                                   ignore_stderr=True, cwd=tmpdir)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(MS_WINDOWS, 'specific to Windows')
+    def test_getpath_abspath_win32(self):
+        # Check _Py_abspath() is passed a backslashed path not to fall back to
+        # GetFullPathNameW() on startup, which (re-)normalizes the path overly.
+        # Currently, _Py_normpath() doesn't trim trailing dots and spaces.
+        CASES = [
+            ("C:/a. . .",  "C:\\a. . ."),
+            ("C:\\a. . .", "C:\\a. . ."),
+            ("\\\\?\\C:////a////b. . .", "\\\\?\\C:\\a\\b. . ."),
+            ("//a/b/c. . .", "\\\\a\\b\\c. . ."),
+            ("\\\\a\\b\\c. . .", "\\\\a\\b\\c. . ."),
+            ("a. . .", f"{os.getcwd()}\\a"),  # relpath gets fully normalized
+        ]
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter(
+            "test_init_initialize_config",
+            env={**remove_python_envvars(),
+                 "PYTHONPATH": os.path.pathsep.join(c[0] for c in CASES)}
+        )
+        self.assertEqual(err, "")
+        try:
+            out = json.loads(out)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            self.fail(f"fail to decode stdout: {out!r}")
+
+        results = out['config']["module_search_paths"]
+        for (_, expected), result in zip(CASES, results):
+            self.assertEqual(result, expected)
+
+    def test_global_pathconfig(self):
+        # Test C API functions getting the path configuration:
+        #
+        # - Py_GetExecPrefix()
+        # - Py_GetPath()
+        # - Py_GetPrefix()
+        # - Py_GetProgramFullPath()
+        # - Py_GetProgramName()
+        # - Py_GetPythonHome()
+        #
+        # The global path configuration (_Py_path_config) must be a copy
+        # of the path configuration of PyInterpreter.config (PyConfig).
+        ctypes = import_helper.import_module('ctypes')
+        _testinternalcapi = import_helper.import_module('_testinternalcapi')
+
+        def get_func(name):
+            func = getattr(ctypes.pythonapi, name)
+            func.argtypes = ()
+            func.restype = ctypes.c_wchar_p
+            return func
+
+        Py_GetPath = get_func('Py_GetPath')
+        Py_GetPrefix = get_func('Py_GetPrefix')
+        Py_GetExecPrefix = get_func('Py_GetExecPrefix')
+        Py_GetProgramName = get_func('Py_GetProgramName')
+        Py_GetProgramFullPath = get_func('Py_GetProgramFullPath')
+        Py_GetPythonHome = get_func('Py_GetPythonHome')
+
+        config = _testinternalcapi.get_configs()['config']
+
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetPath().split(os.path.pathsep),
+                         config['module_search_paths'])
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetPrefix(), config['prefix'])
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetExecPrefix(), config['exec_prefix'])
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetProgramName(), config['program_name'])
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetProgramFullPath(), config['executable'])
+        self.assertEqual(Py_GetPythonHome(), config['home'])
+
+    def test_init_warnoptions(self):
+        # lowest to highest priority
+        warnoptions = [
+            'ignore:::PyConfig_Insert0',      # PyWideStringList_Insert(0)
+            'default',                        # PyConfig.dev_mode=1
+            'ignore:::env1',                  # PYTHONWARNINGS env var
+            'ignore:::env2',                  # PYTHONWARNINGS env var
+            'ignore:::cmdline1',              # -W opt command line option
+            'ignore:::cmdline2',              # -W opt command line option
+            'default::BytesWarning',          # PyConfig.bytes_warnings=1
+            'ignore:::PySys_AddWarnOption1',  # PySys_AddWarnOption()
+            'ignore:::PySys_AddWarnOption2',  # PySys_AddWarnOption()
+            'ignore:::PyConfig_BeforeRead',   # PyConfig.warnoptions
+            'ignore:::PyConfig_AfterRead']    # PyWideStringList_Append()
+        preconfig = dict(allocator=PYMEM_ALLOCATOR_DEBUG)
+        config = {
+            'dev_mode': 1,
+            'faulthandler': 1,
+            'bytes_warning': 1,
+            'warnoptions': warnoptions,
+            'orig_argv': ['python3',
+                          '-Wignore:::cmdline1',
+                          '-Wignore:::cmdline2'],
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_warnoptions", config, preconfig,
+                               api=API_PYTHON)
+
+    def test_init_set_config(self):
+        config = {
+            '_init_main': 0,
+            'bytes_warning': 2,
+            'warnoptions': ['error::BytesWarning'],
+        }
+        self.check_all_configs("test_init_set_config", config,
+                               api=API_ISOLATED)
+
+    def test_get_argc_argv(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_get_argc_argv")
+        # ignore output
+
+    def test_init_use_frozen_modules(self):
+        tests = {
+            ('=on', 1),
+            ('=off', 0),
+            ('=', 1),
+            ('', 1),
+        }
+        for raw, expected in tests:
+            optval = f'frozen_modules{raw}'
+            config = {
+                'parse_argv': 2,
+                'argv': ['-c'],
+                'orig_argv': ['./argv0', '-X', optval, '-c', 'pass'],
+                'program_name': './argv0',
+                'run_command': 'pass\n',
+                'use_environment': 1,
+                'xoptions': [optval],
+                'use_frozen_modules': expected,
+            }
+            env = {'TESTFROZEN': raw[1:]} if raw else None
+            with self.subTest(repr(raw)):
+                self.check_all_configs("test_init_use_frozen_modules", config,
+                                       api=API_PYTHON, env=env)
+
+
+class SetConfigTests(unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_set_config(self):
+        # bpo-42260: Test _PyInterpreterState_SetConfig()
+        import_helper.import_module('_testcapi')
+        cmd = [sys.executable, '-X', 'utf8', '-I', '-m', 'test._test_embed_set_config']
+        proc = subprocess.run(cmd,
+                              stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                              stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                              encoding='utf-8', errors='backslashreplace')
+        if proc.returncode and support.verbose:
+            print(proc.stdout)
+            print(proc.stderr)
+        self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 0,
+                         (proc.returncode, proc.stdout, proc.stderr))
+
+
+class AuditingTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_open_code_hook(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_open_code_hook")
+
+    def test_audit(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit")
+
+    def test_audit_subinterpreter(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_subinterpreter")
+
+    def test_audit_run_command(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_run_command",
+                                      timeout=support.SHORT_TIMEOUT,
+                                      returncode=1)
+
+    def test_audit_run_file(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_run_file",
+                                      timeout=support.SHORT_TIMEOUT,
+                                      returncode=1)
+
+    def test_audit_run_interactivehook(self):
+        startup = os.path.join(self.oldcwd, os_helper.TESTFN) + ".py"
+        with open(startup, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            print("import sys", file=f)
+            print("sys.__interactivehook__ = lambda: None", file=f)
+        try:
+            env = {**remove_python_envvars(), "PYTHONSTARTUP": startup}
+            self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_run_interactivehook",
+                                          timeout=support.SHORT_TIMEOUT,
+                                          returncode=10, env=env)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(startup)
+
+    def test_audit_run_startup(self):
+        startup = os.path.join(self.oldcwd, os_helper.TESTFN) + ".py"
+        with open(startup, "w", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+            print("pass", file=f)
+        try:
+            env = {**remove_python_envvars(), "PYTHONSTARTUP": startup}
+            self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_run_startup",
+                                          timeout=support.SHORT_TIMEOUT,
+                                          returncode=10, env=env)
+        finally:
+            os.unlink(startup)
+
+    def test_audit_run_stdin(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_audit_run_stdin",
+                                      timeout=support.SHORT_TIMEOUT,
+                                      returncode=1)
+
+    def test_get_incomplete_frame(self):
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_get_incomplete_frame")
+
+
+class MiscTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    def test_unicode_id_init(self):
+        # bpo-42882: Test that _PyUnicode_FromId() works
+        # when Python is initialized multiples times.
+        self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_unicode_id_init")
+
+    # See bpo-44133
+    @unittest.skipIf(os.name == 'nt',
+                     'Py_FrozenMain is not exported on Windows')
+    def test_frozenmain(self):
+        env = dict(os.environ)
+        env['PYTHONUNBUFFERED'] = '1'
+        out, err = self.run_embedded_interpreter("test_frozenmain", env=env)
+        executable = os.path.realpath('./argv0')
+        expected = textwrap.dedent(f"""
+            Frozen Hello World
+            sys.argv ['./argv0', '-E', 'arg1', 'arg2']
+            config program_name: ./argv0
+            config executable: {executable}
+            config use_environment: 1
+            config configure_c_stdio: 1
+            config buffered_stdio: 0
+        """).lstrip()
+        self.assertEqual(out, expected)
+
+    @unittest.skipUnless(hasattr(sys, 'gettotalrefcount'),
+                         '-X showrefcount requires a Python debug build')
+    def test_no_memleak(self):
+        # bpo-1635741: Python must release all memory at exit
+        tests = (
+            ('off', 'pass'),
+            ('on', 'pass'),
+            ('off', 'import __hello__'),
+            ('on', 'import __hello__'),
+        )
+        for flag, stmt in tests:
+            xopt = f"frozen_modules={flag}"
+            cmd = [sys.executable, "-I", "-X", "showrefcount", "-X", xopt, "-c", stmt]
+            proc = subprocess.run(cmd,
+                                  stdout=subprocess.PIPE,
+                                  stderr=subprocess.STDOUT,
+                                  text=True)
+            self.assertEqual(proc.returncode, 0)
+            out = proc.stdout.rstrip()
+            match = re.match(r'^\[(-?\d+) refs, (-?\d+) blocks\]', out)
+            if not match:
+                self.fail(f"unexpected output: {out!a}")
+            refs = int(match.group(1))
+            blocks = int(match.group(2))
+            with self.subTest(frozen_modules=flag, stmt=stmt):
+                self.assertEqual(refs, 0, out)
+                self.assertEqual(blocks, 0, out)
+
+
+class StdPrinterTests(EmbeddingTestsMixin, unittest.TestCase):
+    # Test PyStdPrinter_Type which is used by _PySys_SetPreliminaryStderr():
+    #   "Set up a preliminary stderr printer until we have enough
+    #    infrastructure for the io module in place."
+
+    STDOUT_FD = 1
+
+    def create_printer(self, fd):
+        ctypes = import_helper.import_module('ctypes')
+        PyFile_NewStdPrinter = ctypes.pythonapi.PyFile_NewStdPrinter
+        PyFile_NewStdPrinter.argtypes = (ctypes.c_int,)
+        PyFile_NewStdPrinter.restype = ctypes.py_object
+        return PyFile_NewStdPrinter(fd)
+
+    def test_write(self):
+        message = "unicode:\xe9-\u20ac-\udc80!\n"
+
+        stdout_fd = self.STDOUT_FD
+        stdout_fd_copy = os.dup(stdout_fd)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, stdout_fd_copy)
+
+        rfd, wfd = os.pipe()
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, rfd)
+        self.addCleanup(os.close, wfd)
+        try:
+            # PyFile_NewStdPrinter() only accepts fileno(stdout)
+            # or fileno(stderr) file descriptor.
+            os.dup2(wfd, stdout_fd)
+
+            printer = self.create_printer(stdout_fd)
+            printer.write(message)
+        finally:
+            os.dup2(stdout_fd_copy, stdout_fd)
+
+        data = os.read(rfd, 100)
+        self.assertEqual(data, message.encode('utf8', 'backslashreplace'))
+
+    def test_methods(self):
+        fd = self.STDOUT_FD
+        printer = self.create_printer(fd)
+        self.assertEqual(printer.fileno(), fd)
+        self.assertEqual(printer.isatty(), os.isatty(fd))
+        printer.flush()  # noop
+        printer.close()  # noop
+
+    def test_disallow_instantiation(self):
+        fd = self.STDOUT_FD
+        printer = self.create_printer(fd)
+        support.check_disallow_instantiation(self, type(printer))
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()