readline implementation doesn't release the GIL

[albertz]

BPO	12859
Nosy	@albertz

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title = "readline implementation doesn't release the GIL"
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[albertz]

Modules/readline.c 's call_readline doesn't release the GIL while reading.

[albertz]

Whoops, sorry, invalid. It doesn't need to. It is handled in PyOS_Readline.