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Explain differences between `{Once,Lazy}{Cell,Lock}` types
The question of "which once-ish cell-ish type should I use?" has been raised multiple times, and is especially important now that we have stabilized the `LazyCell` and `LazyLock` types. The answer for the `Lazy*` types is that you would be better off using them if you want to use what is by far the most common pattern: initialize it with a single nullary function that you would call at every `get_or_init` site. For everything else there's the `Once*` types.
"For everything else" is a somewhat weak motivation, as it only describes by negation. While contrasting them is inevitable, I feel positive motivations are more understandable. For this, I now offer a distinct example that helps explain why `OnceLock` can be useful, despite `LazyLock` existing: you can do some cool stuff with it that `LazyLock` simply can't support due to its mere definition.
The pair of `std::sync::*Lock`s are usable inside a `static`, and can serve roles in async or multithreaded (or asynchronously multithreaded) programs that `*Cell`s cannot. Because of this, they received most of my attention.
Fixes #124696
Fixes #125615
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