ci: support development releases of Python (#3419)

* ci: support development releases of Python

* fix: better PyPy support

* fix: patch over a few more pypy issues

* Try to patch

* Properly follow pep667

* Fix typo

* Whoops, 667 not in yet

* For testing

* More testing

* [pre-commit.ci] auto fixes from pre-commit.com hooks

for more information, see https://pre-commit.ci

* Try to backport

* Try to simplify fix

* Nail down the fix

* Try pypy workaround

* Typo

* one last typo

* Replacing 0x03110000 with 0x030B0000

* Add TODO. Drop PyPy

* Fix typo

* Revert catch upgrade

* fix: minor cleanup, try pypy again

Co-authored-by: Aaron Gokaslan <skylion.aaron@gmail.com>
Co-authored-by: pre-commit-ci[bot] <66853113+pre-commit-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
Co-authored-by: Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve <rwgk@google.com>

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -30,16 +30,14 @@ jobs:
         - '3.6'
         - '3.9'
         - '3.10'
-        # - '3.11-dev'
-        - 'pypy-3.7-v7.3.5'
-        # - 'pypy-3.8'
+        - 'pypy-3.7-v7.3.7'
+        - 'pypy-3.8-v7.3.7'
 
         # Items in here will either be added to the build matrix (if not
         # present), or add new keys to an existing matrix element if all the
         # existing keys match.
         #
-        # We support three optional keys: args (both build), args1 (first
-        # build), and args2 (second build).
+        # We support an optional keys: args, for cmake args
         include:
           # Just add a key
           - runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -122,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
       run: git clean -fdx
 
     # Second build - C++17 mode and in a build directory
-    - name: Configure ${{ matrix.args2 }}
+    - name: Configure C++17
       run: >
         cmake -S . -B build2
         -DPYBIND11_WERROR=ON
@@ -130,7 +128,6 @@ jobs:
         -DDOWNLOAD_EIGEN=ON
         -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=17
         ${{ matrix.args }}
-        ${{ matrix.args2 }}
 
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build build2 -j 2