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Support the use of the managed pre-header in builtin classes. #95707

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Currently Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT is an internal-only flag, in fact setting in third-party code is likely to lead to a crash.
We would like to expose it, and a weakref equivalent Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREFS to allow builtin classes to take advantage of compact object layout.
Compact layout uses less memory, performs better and allow more robust subclassing. So everyone should be able to use it.

  • Fix crashes when Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_DICT is used
  • Add Py_TPFLAGS_MANAGED_WEAKREFS
  • Document how to use these flags, and the upgrade path from tp_dictoffset and tp_weakreflist

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