Merge https://github.com/pypa/distutils

Author: jaraco

newsfragments/4874.feature.rst

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+Restore access to _get_vc_env with a warning.

setuptools/_distutils/_msvccompiler.py

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+import warnings
+
 from .compilers.C import msvc
 
 __all__ = ["MSVCCompiler"]
 
 MSVCCompiler = msvc.Compiler
+
+
+def __getattr__(name):
+    if name == '_get_vc_env':
+        warnings.warn(
+            "_get_vc_env is private; find an alternative (pypa/distutils#340)"
+        )
+        return msvc._get_vc_env
+    raise AttributeError(name)