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`getExternalExecutor` is moved from `std.zig.CrossTarget` to `std.zig.system.NativeTargetInfo.getExternalExecutor`. The function also now communicates a bit more information about *why* the host is unable to execute a binary. The CLI is updated to report this information in a useful manner. `getExternalExecutor` is also improved to detect such patterns as: * x86_64 is able to execute x86 binaries * aarch64 is able to execute arm binaries * etc. Added qemu-hexagon support to `getExternalExecutor`. `std.Target.canExecBinaries` of is removed; callers should use the more powerful `getExternalExecutor` instead. Now that `zig test` tries to run the resulting binary no matter what, this commit has a follow-up change to the build system and docgen to utilize the `getExternalExecutor` function and pass `--test-no-exec` in some cases to avoid getting the error. Additionally: * refactor: extract NativePaths and NativeTargetInfo into their own files named after the structs. * small improvement to langref to reduce the complexity of the `callconv` expression in a couple examples.
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