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[changelog/ffi] Document dart:ffi changes for D26

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Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/122149
Commit-Queue: Daco Harkes <dacoharkes@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Martin Kustermann <kustermann@google.com>
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* Added optional `parent` parameter to `TimelineTask` constructor to allow for
linking of asynchronous timeline events in the DevTools timeline view.
### `dart:ffi`
* **Breaking change**: The API now makes use of static extension members.
Static extension members enable the `dart:ffi` API to be more precise with
types, and provide convenient access to memory through extension getters and
setters. The extension members on `Pointer` provide `.value` and `.value =`
for accessing the value in native memory and `[]` and `[]=` for indexed access.
The method `asExternalTypedData` has been replaced with `asTypedList` extension
methods. And finally, `Structs` do no longer have a type argument and are
accessed the extension member `.ref` on `Pointer`.
These changes makes the code using `dart:ffi` much more concise.
* **Breaking change**: The memory management has been removed (`Pointer.allocate`
and `Pointer.free`). Instead, memory management is available in
[package:ffi](https://pub.dev/packages/ffi).
* **Breaking change**: `Pointer.offsetBy` was removed, use `cast` and `elementAt`
instead.
* Faster memory load and stores.
* The dartanalyzer (commandline and IDEs) now reports `dart:ffi` static errors.
* Callbacks are now supported in AOT (ahead-of-time).
### Dart VM
* Added a new tool for AOT compiling Dart programs to native, self-contained