Hello,

We are experiencing crashes when running Python.Net in the Unity 2018.2 game engine. Specifically, after modifying a C# script in Unity, an automatic reload is triggered which results in a crash in Py_Finalize.

Here are the repro steps:
0. Make sure to call PythonEngine.Shutdown on domain unload (otherwise it crashes earlier).

1. Create a Unity project and add the compiled Python.Net files (clr.pyd and Python.Runtime.dll) to the Assets folder

2. In Unity Player Settings (Edit > Project Settings > Player), under "Other Settings", make sure "Api Compatibility Level" is set to ".NET 4.x", and "Scripting Runtime Version" is set to ".NET 4.x Equivalent"

3. In Assets, create the following C# script (HelloWorld.cs):

```
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEngine;
using Python.Runtime;

class HelloWorld
{
    [MenuItem("Python/Hello")]
    public static void CallHello()
    {
        using (Py.GIL())
        {
            string script = "import clr\n" +
                "clr.AddReference('UnityEngine.dll')\n" +
                "import UnityEngine\n" +
                "UnityEngine.Debug.Log('hello world!')\n";
               
            PythonEngine.Exec(script);
        }
    }
}
```

4. Run the script by selecting Python > Hello from the top menu
--> This will log "hello world!" to the Unity console

5. Modify HelloWorld.cs script: change Hello to Hello 1 and trigger hot reloading of assemblies
6. run Python > Hello 1
--> Logs in the console

7. Modify HelloWorld.cs script: change Hello 1 to Hello 2:
--> crash in dict_traverse (garbage collection during Py_Finalize).

Does anyone know what could be causing the crash and/or how to fix it?

Any help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Viktoria

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