[flang] add hlfir.null to implement NULL()

In HLFIR, the address of a Fortran entity in lowering must be defined
by an operation that has the FortranVariableOpInterface (it is a sanity
requirement to ensure that the mlir::Value propagated in certain places
of lowering can be reasoned about).
fir.zero_bits does not have this interface and it makes little sense to
add it since it can "zero initialize" more types than just addresses.

Creating an hlfir.declare for null addresses is a bit too much (what
would be the name), and it would be noisy in the IR.

Instead add a small hlfir.null operation whose codegen is simply a
replacement by fir.zero_bits.

It may also later help dealing with the NULL(MOLD) cases in a nicer
way (the current lowering of this uses special handling it).

Differential Revision: https://reviews.llvm.org/D141040

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