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Document requirements for unsized {Rc,Arc}::from_raw

This seems to be implied due to these types supporting operation-less unsized coercions. Taken together with the [established behavior of a wide to thin pointer cast](https://github.com/rust-lang/reference/pull/1451) it would enable unsafe downcasting of these containers.

Note that the term "data pointer" is adopted from https://github.com/rust-lang/rfcs/pull/3559

See also this [internals thread](https://internals.rust-lang.org/t/can-unsafe-smart-pointer-downcasts-be-correct/20229/2).

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