[3.12] gh-111644: Fix asyncio test_unhandled_exceptions() (GH-111713) (…

…#111718)

gh-111644: Fix asyncio test_unhandled_exceptions() (GH-111713)

Fix test_unhandled_exceptions() of test_asyncio.test_streams: break
explicitly a reference cycle.

Fix also StreamTests.tearDown(): the loop must not be closed
explicitly, but using set_event_loop() which takes care of shutting
down the executor with executor.shutdown(wait=True).
BaseEventLoop.close() calls executor.shutdown(wait=False).
(cherry picked from commit ac01e22)

Co-authored-by: Victor Stinner <vstinner@python.org>

Lib/test/test_asyncio/test_streams.py

@@ -37,8 +37,7 @@ def tearDown(self):
         # just in case if we have transport close callbacks
         test_utils.run_briefly(self.loop)
 
-        self.loop.close()
-        gc.collect()
+        # set_event_loop() takes care of closing self.loop in a safe way
         super().tearDown()
 
     def _basetest_open_connection(self, open_connection_fut):
@@ -1102,6 +1101,8 @@ async def handle_echo(reader, writer):
 
         self.assertEqual(messages[0]['message'],
                          'Unhandled exception in client_connected_cb')
+        # Break explicitly reference cycle
+        messages = None
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':