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Documented `set_python_build` function that is undefined?

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Description

In the docs here (see below) and the legacy CPython docs, set_python_build is covered

https://github.com/pypa/distutils/blob/2e8c2a25c54ccdff2bc2eccbb25879c58b871219/docs/distutils/apiref.rst?plain=1#L1554-L1559

However am not seeing it defined in the code here. It looks like CPython may have removed this a long time ago ( https://github.com/python/cpython/issues/36488 ). If so, would it make sense to drop it from the docs?

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Start with docs/distutils/apiref.rst at the linked lines and verify whether set_python_build is absent from the current code. Read the linked CPython issue for confirmation of its removal. Done means removing the obsolete API documentation if it is confirmed undefined.

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