Skip calling PyEval_InitThreads() on CPython 3.7+

Since CPython 3.7 `PyEval_InitThreads()` does nothing and the function has been deprecated since CPython 3.9.
gorakhargosh · Jan 6, 2021 · 7d7c0e3 · 7d7c0e3
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diff --git a/changelog.rst b/changelog.rst
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ Changelog
 
 202x-xx-xx • `full history <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/compare/v1.0.2...master>`__
 
-- Thanks to our beloved contributors:
+- Avoid deprecated ``PyEval_InitThreads`` on Python 3.7+ (`#746 <https://github.com/gorakhargosh/watchdog/pull/746>`_)
+- Thanks to our beloved contributors: @bstaletic
 
 
 1.0.2

diff --git a/src/watchdog_fsevents.c b/src/watchdog_fsevents.c
@@ -611,7 +611,10 @@ watchdog_read_events(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 
     G_RETURN_NULL_IF_NOT(PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O:loop", &emitter_thread));
 
+// PyEval_InitThreads() does nothing as of Python 3.7 and is deprecated in 3.9.
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x030700f0
     PyEval_InitThreads();
+#endif
 
     /* Allocate information and store thread state. */
     value = PyDict_GetItem(thread_to_run_loop, emitter_thread);