[issue21233] Add *Calloc functions to CPython memory allocation API

[Charles-François Natali]

Charles-François Natali added the comment:

> Also I did set mpd_callocfunc to PyMem_Calloc(). 2% slowdown is far
> from being a tragic result, so I guess we can ignore that.

Agreed.

> The bytes() speedup is very nice. Allocations that took one second
> are practically instant now.

Indeed.
Victor, thanks for the great work!

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