Add PartialEq<Vec<U>> for [T; N] and &[T; N]

[anshjaiswal12]

Enable comparing arrays with Vec in both directions.

Vec<T> == [U; N] already works, but [T; N] == Vec<U> did not compile.
This adds the missing symmetric impls using the existing __impl_slice_eq1
macro.

Fixes #149017

Test plan

• Added tests/ui/array-vec-partialeq.rs (//@ check-pass)
• Updated UI test stderr files for trait suggestion output changes

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[anshjaiswal12]

Adds the symmetric PartialEq<Vec<U>> impls for [T; N] and &[T; N], plus a check-pass UI test and stderr updates.

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[TIMING:end] tool::Tidy { compiler: Compiler { stage: 0, host: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, forced_compiler: false }, target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu } -- 0.000
fmt check
fmt: checked 6980 files
tidy check
tidy [ui_tests (tests)]: ui tests should be added under meaningful subdirectories: `/checkout/tests/ui/array-vec-partialeq.rs`, see https://github.com/rust-lang/compiler-team/issues/902
tidy [ui_tests (tests)]: FAIL
tidy [rustdoc_json (src)]: `rustdoc-json-types` modified, checking format version
tidy: Skipping binary file check, read-only filesystem
removing old virtual environment
creating virtual environment at '/checkout/obj/build/venv' using 'python3.10' and 'venv'
creating virtual environment at '/checkout/obj/build/venv' using 'python3.10' and 'virtualenv'
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info: ✓ ES-Check passed! All files are ES10 compatible.
typechecking javascript files
tidy: The following check failed: ui_tests (tests)
Bootstrap failed while executing `test src/tools/tidy tidyselftest --extra-checks=py,cpp,js,spellcheck`
Command `/checkout/obj/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage1-tools-bin/rust-tidy --root-path=/checkout --cargo-path=/checkout/obj/build/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/stage0/bin/cargo --output-dir=/checkout/obj/build --concurrency=4 --npm-path=/node/bin/yarn --ci=true --extra-checks=py,cpp,js,spellcheck` failed with exit code 1
Created at: src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/tool.rs:1625:23
Executed at: src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs:1646:29

--- BACKTRACE vvv
   0: <bootstrap::utils::exec::DeferredCommand>::finish_process
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/utils/exec.rs:939:17
   1: <bootstrap::utils::exec::DeferredCommand>::wait_for_output::<&bootstrap::utils::exec::ExecutionContext>
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/utils/exec.rs:831:21
   2: <bootstrap::utils::exec::ExecutionContext>::run
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/utils/exec.rs:741:45
   3: <bootstrap::utils::exec::BootstrapCommand>::run::<&bootstrap::core::builder::Builder>
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/utils/exec.rs:339:27
   4: <bootstrap::core::build_steps::test::Tidy as bootstrap::core::builder::Step>::run
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs:1646:29
   5: <bootstrap::core::builder::Builder>::ensure::<bootstrap::core::build_steps::test::Tidy>
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs:1607:36
   6: <bootstrap::core::build_steps::test::Tidy as bootstrap::core::builder::Step>::make_run
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/test.rs:1568:21
   7: <bootstrap::core::builder::StepDescription>::maybe_run
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs:476:13
   8: bootstrap::core::builder::cli_paths::match_paths_to_steps_and_run
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/cli_paths.rs:232:18
   9: <bootstrap::core::builder::Builder>::run_step_descriptions
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs:1140:9
  10: <bootstrap::core::builder::Builder>::execute_cli
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/core/builder/mod.rs:1119:14
  11: <bootstrap::Build>::build
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/lib.rs:803:25
  12: bootstrap::main
             at /checkout/src/bootstrap/src/bin/main.rs:130:11
  13: <fn() as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:250:5
  14: std::sys::backtrace::__rust_begin_short_backtrace::<fn(), ()>
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/sys/backtrace.rs:166:18
  15: std::rt::lang_start::<()>::{closure#0}
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/rt.rs:206:18
  16: <&dyn core::ops::function::Fn<(), Output = i32> + core::marker::Sync + core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe as core::ops::function::FnOnce<()>>::call_once
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/core/src/ops/function.rs:287:21
  17: std::panicking::catch_unwind::do_call::<&dyn core::ops::function::Fn<(), Output = i32> + core::marker::Sync + core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe, i32>
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/panicking.rs:581:40
  18: std::panicking::catch_unwind::<i32, &dyn core::ops::function::Fn<(), Output = i32> + core::marker::Sync + core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe>
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/panicking.rs:544:19
  19: std::panic::catch_unwind::<&dyn core::ops::function::Fn<(), Output = i32> + core::marker::Sync + core::panic::unwind_safe::RefUnwindSafe, i32>
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/panic.rs:359:14
  20: std::rt::lang_start_internal::{closure#0}
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/rt.rs:175:24
  21: std::panicking::catch_unwind::do_call::<std::rt::lang_start_internal::{closure#0}, isize>
             at /rustc/0417c25868d6dfbd1c291dfeae950504faa6f790/library/std/src/panicking.rs:581:40
---
  28: __libc_start_main
  29: _start


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[hkBst]

I believe tidy check failed because this test is not in a subdirectory of ui/. Perhaps array-slice-vec/ is a good place?

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