Add liballoc impl SpecFromElem for i8

Speedup vec![1_i8; N] for non-zero element.

Before
test do_bench_from_elem_i8        ... bench:         130 ns/iter (+/- 7) = 61 MB/s
test do_bench_from_elem_u8        ... bench:         121 ns/iter (+/- 4) = 66 MB/s
After
test do_bench_from_elem_i8        ... bench:         123 ns/iter (+/- 7) = 65 MB/s
test do_bench_from_elem_u8        ... bench:         121 ns/iter (+/- 5) = 66 MB/s

No speed difference if element is already zero.

    #[bench]
    fn do_bench_from_elem_i8(b: &mut Bencher) {
        b.bytes = 8 as u64;
        b.iter(|| {
            let dst = ve::vec![10_i8; 100];
            assert_eq!(dst.len(), 100);
            assert!(dst.iter().all(|x| *x == 10));
        })
    }

As suggested by @cuviper
https://rust-lang.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/219381-t-libs/topic/SpecForElem.20for.20other.20integers

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