[CIR] Implement Target-specific address space handling support for `PointerType` (#161028) This PR adds support for address spaces in CIR pointer types by: 1. Introducing a `TargetAddressSpaceAttr` to represent target-specific numeric address spaces (A Lang-specific attribute is to be implemented in a different PR) 2. Extending the `PointerType` to include an optional address space parameter 3. Adding helper methods in `CIRBaseBuilder` to create pointers with address spaces 4. Implementing custom parsers and printers for address space attributes 5. Updating the LLVM lowering to properly handle address spaces when converting CIR to LLVM IR The implementation allows for creating pointers with specific address spaces, which is necessary for supporting language features like Clang's `__attribute__((address_space(N)))`. Address spaces are preserved through the CIR representation and correctly lowered to LLVM IR.
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