[RFC] module state for PyModule or builtin module #4054

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   Related CPython implementations:

   https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/32f0c8271706550096c454eb512450b85fbfc320/Include/internal/pycore_moduleobject.h#L11-L29

   https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/5fd8c574e016aec85725ddc5ced8742267b0e1b3/Modules/_sha3/sha3module.c#L42-L57

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   In C, module state are declared at each module as below:

   typedef struct {
     PyObject * some_state;
   } _module_state;

   And, a pointer to a module state is typically void *.

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