Make char and u8 methods const
char methods `len_utf8`, `len_utf16`, `to_ascii_lowercase`, `eq_ignore_ascii_case` can be made const.
`u8` methods `to_ascii_lowercase`, `to_ascii_uppercase` are required to be const as well.
`u8::eq_ignore_ascii_case` was additionally made const.
Rebase of https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/79549 originally authored by ``@YenForYang.`` Changes from that PR:
- Squashed all commits from #79549.
- rebased to latest upstream master.
- Removed const attributes for `char::escape_unicode` and `char::escape_default`.
- Updated `since` attributes for `const` stabilization to 1.52.0.
cc ``@m-ou-se.``
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