[PATCH 1/3]: C N2653 char8_t: Language support

[Tom Honermann]

This patch implements the core language and compiler dependent library 
changes proposed in WG14 N2653 [1] for C.  The changes include:
- Use of the existing -fchar8_t and -fno-char8_t options to opt-in to
   (or opt-out of) the following changes when compiling C code.
- Change of type for UTF-8 string literals from array of char to array
   of char8_t (unsigned char).
- A new atomic_char8_t typedef.
- A new ATOMIC_CHAR8_T_LOCK_FREE macro defined in terms of a new
   predefined ATOMIC_CHAR8_T_LOCK_FREE macro.

When -fchar8_t support is enabled for non-C++ modes, the _CHAR8_T_SOURCE 
macro is predefined.  This is the mechanism proposed to glibc to opt-in 
to declarations of the char8_t typedef and c8rtomb and mbrtoc8 functions 
proposed in N2653.  See [2].

Tested on Linux x86_64.

gcc/ChangeLog:

2021-05-31  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>

          * ginclude/stdatomic.h (atomic_char8_t, ATOMIC_CHAR8_T_LOCK_FREE):
            New typedef and macro.

gcc/c/ChangeLog:

2021-05-31  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>

          * c-parser.c (c_parser_string_literal): Use char8_t as the type of
            CPP_UTF8STRING when char8_t support is enabled.
          * c-typeck.c (digest_init): Handle initialization of an array
            of character type by a string literal with type array of
            unsigned char.

gcc/c-family/ChangeLog:

2021-05-31  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>

          * c-cppbuiltin.c (c_cpp_builtins): Define _CHAR8_T_SOURCE if
            char8_t support is enabled in non-C++ language modes.
          * c-lex.c (lex_string): Use char8_t as the type of
            CPP_UTF8STRING when char8_t support is enabled.
          * c-opts.c (c_common_handle_option): Inform the preprocessor if
            char8_t support is enabled.
          * c.opt (fchar8_t): Enable for C language modes.

libcpp/ChangeLog:

2021-05-31  Tom Honermann  <tom@honermann.net>

          * include/cpplib.h (cpp_options): Add char8.

Tom.

[1]: WG14 N2653
      "char8_t: A type for UTF-8 characters and strings (Revision 1)"
      http://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n2653.htm

[2]: C++20 P0482R6 and C2X N2653: support for char8_t, mbrtoc8(), and 
c8rtomb().
      [Patch 0]: 
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-June/127230.html
      [Patch 1]: 
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-June/127231.html
      [Patch 2]: 
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-June/127232.html
      [Patch 3]: 
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2021-June/127233.html
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