[Clang] Add __builtin_vectorelements to get number of elements in vector (#69010)
Adds a new `__builtin_vectorelements()` function which returns the number of elements for a given vector either at compile-time for fixed-sized vectors, e.g., created via `__attribute__((vector_size(N)))` or at runtime via a call to `@llvm.vscale.i32()` for scalable vectors, e.g., SVE or RISCV V. The new builtin follows a similar path as `sizeof()`, as it essentially does the same thing but for the number of elements in vector instead of the number of bytes. This allows us to re-use a lot of the existing logic to handle types etc. A small side addition is `Type::isSizelessVectorType()`, which we need to distinguish between sizeless vectors (SVE, RISCV V) and sizeless types (WASM). This is the [corresponding discussion](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/new-builtin-function-to-get-number-of-lanes-in-simd-vectors/73911).
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