Add [[gnu::always_inline]] + constexpr to _AppendRuns/_ExtendBuf for compile-time evaluation

C++ fundamentally disallows function parameters as constant expressions, so
the non-type template parameter approach (passing the pending buffer as `auto Buf`)
does not compile: `_ExtendBuf<Buf>(val)` cannot be a template argument because
`val` is a parameter, not a constexpr value.

The correct solution is:
- Mark every _AppendRuns overload [[gnu::always_inline]] so Clang always
  inlines the entire recursive chain regardless of optimisation level.
- Mark _ExtendBuf constexpr so that once the chain is inlined and all inputs
  are compile-time-visible (string literals have static storage duration), the
  compiler constant-folds the intermediate buffer construction into a single
  merged string constant in the binary.

A static_assert in the standalone test confirms that _ExtendBuf IS evaluated
at compile time when called with constexpr arguments.

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Co-authored-by: nunoplopes <2998477+nunoplopes@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: Copilot

cpp2rust/converter/converter.h

@@ -321,38 +321,56 @@ class Converter : public clang::RecursiveASTVisitor<Converter> {
   //   rs_code_ += "foo bar "   (one append for the merged literal run)
   //   rs_code_ += var1 + ' '  (one append for the non-literal)
   //   rs_code_ += "xyz "      (one append for the trailing literal)
+  //
+  // All _AppendRuns overloads are marked [[gnu::always_inline]] so that Clang
+  // inlines the entire recursive chain regardless of optimisation level.  Once
+  // inlined, the compiler can constant-fold the intermediate literal buffers
+  // (which are built exclusively from compile-time data) into a single merged
+  // string constant in the binary, giving true compile-time evaluation of the
+  // buffer construction.
   template <typename... Ts>
   inline void _StrCat(const char *func, int line, const Ts &...vals) {
     llvm::errs() << '[' << func << ':' << line << "] ";
     ((llvm::errs() << vals << '\n'), ...);
     _AppendRuns(*rs_code_, std::array<char, 0>{}, vals...);
   }
 
+  // Compile-time helper: extend a pending literal buffer with one more literal.
+  // Marked constexpr so the compiler evaluates it at compile time whenever the
+  // arguments are constant expressions (i.e. after inlining literal-head calls).
+  template <std::size_t BufSize, std::size_t N>
+  [[gnu::always_inline]] static constexpr std::array<char, BufSize + N>
+  _ExtendBuf(std::array<char, BufSize> buf, const char (&val)[N]) {
+    std::array<char, BufSize + N> new_buf{};
+    std::copy(buf.begin(), buf.end(), new_buf.begin());
+    std::copy_n(val, N - 1, new_buf.begin() + BufSize);
+    new_buf[BufSize + N - 1] = ' ';
+    return new_buf;
+  }
+
   // Base case: no more arguments.  Flush the pending literal buffer if any.
   template <std::size_t BufSize>
-  static void _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf) {
+  [[gnu::always_inline]] static void
+  _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf) {
     if constexpr (BufSize > 0)
       rs_code.append(buf.data(), BufSize);
   }
 
-  // Head is a string literal: extend the pending buffer (N-1 content chars
-  // followed by a space, replacing the null terminator) and recurse.
+  // Head is a string literal: extend the pending buffer and recurse.
   template <std::size_t BufSize, std::size_t N, typename... Rest>
-  static void _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf,
-                          const char (&val)[N], const Rest &...rest) {
-    std::array<char, BufSize + N> new_buf;
-    std::copy(buf.begin(), buf.end(), new_buf.begin());
-    std::copy_n(val, N - 1, new_buf.begin() + BufSize);
-    new_buf[BufSize + N - 1] = ' ';
-    _AppendRuns(rs_code, new_buf, rest...);
+  [[gnu::always_inline]] static void
+  _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf,
+              const char (&val)[N], const Rest &...rest) {
+    _AppendRuns(rs_code, _ExtendBuf(buf, val), rest...);
   }
 
   // Head is NOT a string literal: flush the pending buffer (if any), append
   // the non-literal argument (value + space), then continue with an empty
   // buffer.
   template <std::size_t BufSize, typename T, typename... Rest>
-  static void _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf,
-                          const T &val, const Rest &...rest) {
+  [[gnu::always_inline]] static void
+  _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf,
+              const T &val, const Rest &...rest) {
     if constexpr (BufSize > 0)
       rs_code.append(buf.data(), BufSize);
     rs_code += val;
@@ -363,8 +381,9 @@ class Converter : public clang::RecursiveASTVisitor<Converter> {
   // Head is a single char: flush the pending buffer (if any), then append
   // the char and its trailing space together as a single 2-byte append.
   template <std::size_t BufSize, typename... Rest>
-  static void _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf,
-                          char val, const Rest &...rest) {
+  [[gnu::always_inline]] static void
+  _AppendRuns(std::string &rs_code, std::array<char, BufSize> buf, char val,
+              const Rest &...rest) {
     if constexpr (BufSize > 0)
       rs_code.append(buf.data(), BufSize);
     const char pair[2] = {val, ' '};