Create Protobuf.Presence module #403
                
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This PR is on-top of #398.
Adds a unified presence tracking module. Makes the different encoders use it when deciding whether to skip a field or not.
Adds a public API for checking field presence on
Protobuf.Presence.field_presence/2. This is similar to the feature present on the official protobuf libraries, but with a different API.In Ruby, for example, fields that have explicit presence tracking generate a
has_{field_name}?method:If another field, say
bar, doesn't have explicit presence tracking (e.g.: it is a non-optional, non-one_of proto3), it simply doesn't generate thehas_bar?method, so you can't "presence-check" these fields.My proposed API is a bit different, and allows presence-checking
:bar, but sometimes givinga
:maybeas a response:Motivation
I think it makes sense to centralize presence checking for a few reasons:
Protobuf.Text.