Is your feature request related to a problem or challenge? Please describe what you are trying to do.

Reading changes in #9498 I noticed that the macros mention not using variant_shred because it's not implemented yet.

Describe the solution you'd like

• Use variant_shred in these macros to make the code easier to read.
• Add some VariantArray::from_parts() while we're at it.

Describe alternatives you've considered

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