new .redefine pragma for templates, warn on redefinition without it (#20211)

* test CI for template redefinitions

* adapt asyncmacro

* fix quote

* fix again

* try something else

* revert

* fix ioselectors_select, disable packages CI

* adapt more tests & simplify

* more

* more

* more

* rename to redefine, warn on implicit redefinition

* basic documentation [skip ci]

* Update compiler/lineinfos.nim

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Baz = object
```
- Redefining templates with the same signature implicitly was previously
allowed to support certain macro code. A `{.redefine.}` pragma has been
added to make this work explicitly, and a warning is generated in the case
where it is implicit. This behavior only applies to templates, redefinition
is generally disallowed for other symbols.
## Compiler changes
- The `gc` switch has been renamed to `mm` ("memory management") in order to reflect the