pythongh-119613: Soft deprecate the Py_MEMCPY() macro (python#120020)

Use directly memcpy() instead.
vstinner · Jun 4, 2024 · 26e5c6e · 26e5c6e
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diff --git a/Include/pyport.h b/Include/pyport.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ typedef Py_ssize_t Py_ssize_clean_t;
 #  define Py_LOCAL_INLINE(type) static inline type
 #endif
 
+// Soft deprecated since Python 3.14, use memcpy() instead.
 #if !defined(Py_LIMITED_API) || Py_LIMITED_API+0 < 0x030b0000
 #  define Py_MEMCPY memcpy
 #endif

diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-06-04-10-58-20.gh-issue-119613.qOr9GF.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/C API/2024-06-04-10-58-20.gh-issue-119613.qOr9GF.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Soft deprecate the :c:macro:`!Py_MEMCPY` macro: use directly ``memcpy()``
+instead.  Patch by Victor Stinner.