Add tutorial documentation for \c_api\ annotation - #592
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ponyc PR #5898 adds the \c_api\ annotation for C-ABI interop. This adds the corresponding tutorial content: a new "Exporting Pony Methods to C" page in the C FFI section, a brief entry in Program Annotations, and cross-references from the C Shims and C FFI overview pages.
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\c_api\annotation from ponylang/ponyc#5898.Adds a new "Exporting Pony Methods to C" page in the C FFI section covering which types can be annotated, how C symbol names are derived, which methods are exported and which are excluded, how primitives are handled, how to export generic types via type aliases, and the Pony-to-C type mapping.
Also adds a brief entry in the Program Annotations appendix and cross-references from the C Shims page and the C FFI overview.
Blocked on ponylang/ponyc#5898 merging. Post-release item added to ponylang/ponyc#5855.