Introducing generic Any.to type conversion method

[JaroslavTulach]

Pull Request Description

Provides Any.to conversion method. Such a method allows us finish #4821 - e.g. use Text.from instead of Text.to_text where possible. This method is a per-requisite of further work on

• Ability to get the list of target conversion types for a type #7320

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[JaroslavTulach]

8a56db5 demonstrates the fix proposed in #4879 really works and Any.to conversion can accept additional optional arguments.

[JaroslavTulach]

Currently we get a PanicException with No_Such_Conversion atom as a payload when conversion isn't available. OK? Or do we prefer data flow error?

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Jaroslav Tulach reports a new STANDUP for yesterday (2023-08-31):

Progress: - Any.to: #7704

• discovered that sort on is broken: sort on= is broken #7702
• comparing benchmarks & fixing the tool: Standardization of Vector.sort array access #7697 (comment)
• TextMate idea: https://discord.com/channels/@me/960509000154247198/1146657233627775027
• standup
• discussing about Vue, React, etc. It should be finished by 2023-09-04.

Next Day: Integrate Any.to. Bugfixing

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Jaroslav Tulach reports a new STANDUP for yesterday (2023-09-01):

Progress: - Any.to merged: 58af199

• checking suggestion.db if it contains from method
• Comparing benchmarks of Vector.sort & merged: Standardization of Vector.sort array access #7697 (comment)
• pandas 2.0 discussions: https://datapythonista.me/blog/pandas-20-and-the-arrow-revolution-part-i
• pandas DataFrame discussions: https://graalvm.slack.com/archives/CNA7PDH2N/p1693557388200489?thread_ts=1693553039.696409&cid=CNA7PDH2N
• Reporting Radek's pandas Index_Out_Of_Bounds bug to GraalVM guys: Pandas DataFrame is reported as array, but it should be a map as it has keys method! oracle/graalpython#353
• how to improve our Truffle DSL coding practices? https://graalvm.slack.com/archives/CNQSB2DHD/p1693554848810489
• standup & tea time It should be finished by 2023-09-04.

Next Day: suggestion.db investigation

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