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+The following C macros have been converted to static inline functions:
+:c:func:`Py_INCREF`, :c:func:`Py_DECREF`, :c:func:`Py_XINCREF`,
+:c:func:`Py_XDECREF`, :c:func:`PyObject_INIT`, :c:func:`PyObject_INIT_VAR`.