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Document primitive string literals and desugaring of string literals

arata, mizuki requested to merge aratamizuki/ghc:document-primitive-string-literals into master

This MR addresses #17474 (closed) and #17974 (closed).

This doesn't mention optimization issues on primitive string literals (e.g. #11312) or rewrite rules in GHC.CString, but they can be added later.

I placed the document under "Language extensions > Unboxed types and primitive operations" section, but "Language extensions > Literals" or "Language extensions > Syntax > The magic hash" might be good alternatives.

Lastly, my English might not be good. Suggestions are welcome!

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