Leak in asyncio.selector_events._SelectorSocketTransport

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BPO	43579
Nosy	@asvetlov, @1st1, @begnac

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[begnac]

Hello,

Even after close()ing, asyncio.selector_events._SelectorSocketTransport keeps a reference to itself via self._read_ready_cb.

should probably add

def close(self):
    super().close()
    self._read_ready_cb = None

Cheers !
Itaï.