Add MAX_LEN_UTF8 and MAX_LEN_UTF16 Constants

[HTGAzureX1212]

This pull request adds the MAX_LEN_UTF8 and MAX_LEN_UTF16 constants as per #45795, gated behind the char_max_len feature.

The constants are currently applied in the alloc, core and std libraries.

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[joshtriplett]

In the tracking issue, please include a mention that when stabilizing this we should adjust the documentation of https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/primitive.char.html#method.encode_utf8 to use it.

[m-ou-se]

We briefly discussed this in the libs-api meeting and are happy to add these as unstable.
Please open a tracking issue and use that in the #[unstable] attributes. Thanks!

[HTGAzureX1212]

Tracking issue created. Will finish the remaining things later today.

[HTGAzureX1212]

@rustbot ready

[bors]

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[clarfonthey]

Small question: why are these constants in the char module instead of being associated constants on the char type? The initial proposal is from 2017 when presumably this wasn't possible, but now that it is, we should probably make them associated constants instead to avoid having to duplicate across multiple modules.

[GrigorenkoPV]

Small question: why are these constants in the char module instead of being associated constants on the char type? The initial proposal is from 2017 when presumably this wasn't possible, but now that it is, we should probably make them associated constants instead to avoid having to duplicate across multiple modules.

From what I can tell, in this PR they are added as associated constants on char-the-type and then also reexported in char-the-module.

[clarfonthey]

Oh, I completely missed that point. I personally wouldn't add module exports since that way there's just one way to access them.

We've also been deprecating the module equivalents of associated consts in a bunch of places, and so adding a new one doesn't make much sense.

[bors]

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