Argument Clinic included return converters hard code use of ``_return_value``

[brettcannon]

BPO	20461
Nosy	@larryhastings

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created_at = <Date 2014-01-31.17:28:47.030>
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title = 'Argument Clinic included return converters hard code use of ``_return_value``'
updated_at = <Date 2020-03-18.18:40:11.018>
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue20461'
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Linked PRs

• gh-64660: Don't hardcode Argument Clinic return converter result variable name #104200
• gh-64660: Do not hardcode the name of the returned variable #155268

[brettcannon]

E.g. NoneType_return_converter assumes _return_value is used in render() although CReturnConverter.declare() stores it in data.return_value and it's a parameter to render().

[erlend-aasland]

See gh-104200 for an improvement. There's still stuff to be done, IMO. For example, return_converter (no underscore prefix!) is also hardcoded several places. There's also the hack mentioned by Brett in the OP.