Resolve ETS table names only once per function call

[sverker]

Prevent strange effects if the named table is deleted and recreated by a concurrent process during the function call.

Fixed functions are

• ets:init_table
• ets:tab2file
• ets:table
• ets:i
• dets:from_ets
• dets:to_ets

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Pull request overview

This PR modifies several ETS and DETS functions to resolve table names to table identifiers (TIDs) only once at the beginning of each function call. This prevents issues that could occur if a named table is deleted and recreated by a concurrent process during function execution.

Changes:

• Updated ets:init_table/2, ets:tab2file/3, ets:table/2, and ets:i/3 to resolve table names once at function entry
• Updated dets:from_ets/2 and dets:to_ets/2 to resolve ETS table names once at function entry
• Enhanced ets:whereis/1 documentation to explain the consistency benefit
• Updated test expectations for tab2file to handle new error return format

Reviewed changes

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File	Description
lib/stdlib/src/ets.erl	Resolves table names to TIDs at function entry for init_table, tab2file, table, and i; updates whereis documentation; adds error handling for private tables in tab2file
lib/stdlib/src/dets.erl	Adds ensure_ets_tid helper; updates from_ets and to_ets to resolve ETS table names once
lib/stdlib/test/ets_SUITE.erl	Updates test to expect error tuple return instead of exception for tab2file with bad tables

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