Auto merge of #79186 - JulianKnodt:str_from, r=Mark-Simulacrum

Change slice::to_vec to not use extend_from_slice

I saw this [Zulip thread](https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/219381-t-libs/topic/String.3A.3Afrom%28.26str%29.20wonky.20codegen/near/216164455), and didn't see any update from it, so I thought I'd try to fix it. This converts `to_vec` to no longer use `extend_from_slice`, but relies on knowing that the allocated capacity is the same size as the input.

[Godbolt new v1](https://rust.godbolt.org/z/1bcWKG)
[Godbolt new v2 w/ drop guard](https://rust.godbolt.org/z/5jn76K)
[Godbolt old version](https://rust.godbolt.org/z/e4ePav)

After some amount of iteration, there are now two specializations for `to_vec`, one for `Copy` types that use memcpy, and one for clone types which is the original from this PR.

This is then used inside of `impl<T: Clone> FromIterator<Iter::Slice<T>> for Vec<T>` which is essentially equivalent to `&[T] -> Vec<T>`, instead of previous specialization of the `extend` function. This is because extend has to reason more about existing capacity by calling `reserve` on an existing vec, and thus produces worse asm.

Downsides: This allocates the exact capacity, so I think if many items are added to this `Vec` after, it might need to allocate whereas extending may not. I also noticed the number of faults went up in the benchmarks, but not sure where from exactly.

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