fix(encoding): resolves v04 span links encoding bug [backport 2.4] (#7947)

Backport 6f64ba4 from #7945 to 2.4.

Attempts to resolve #7701
by replacing `numbers.Number` with
`ddtrace.internal.compat.NumericType`. Hopefully this resolves this
weird cython typing issue.

Testing strategy: I could not reproduce this bug in a unit test. I plan
to test this fix on impacted internal services.

Note: This bug only impacts the `v0.4` span encoder.
`DD_TRACE_API_VERSION` must be set to `v0.4` to reproduce this bug
(`DD_TRACE_API_VERSION` was upgraded from `v0.4` to `v0.5` in
`ddtrace>2.3`)

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Co-authored-by: Munir Abdinur <[email protected]>

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ddtrace/internal/_encoding.pyx

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ from libc.string cimport strlen
 from json import dumps as json_dumps
 import threading
 from json import dumps as json_dumps
-from numbers import Number
 
 from ._utils cimport PyBytesLike_Check
 
@@ -585,7 +584,7 @@ cdef class MsgpackEncoderV03(MsgpackEncoderBase):
                 if ret != 0:
                     return ret
                 # pack the value of a span link field (values can be number, string or dict)
-                if isinstance(v, Number):
+                if isinstance(v, (int, float)):
                     ret = pack_number(&self.pk, v)
                 elif isinstance(v, str):
                     ret = pack_text(&self.pk, v)

releasenotes/notes/fix-span-link-trace-id-encoding-errror-abe142ac4a6c5fc3.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+fixes:
+  - |
+    tracing: Resolves span encoding errors raised when span links do not contain expected types