Use multiple returns in MIR if it saves a block; still have only one in LLVM #138144
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This is still an open question whether it's desired, per #72022 (comment), so opening as a draft.
Given that cranelift prefers multiple returns and we use optimized MIR for MIR inlining, it seems at least plausible that MIR shouldn't have the "one return" rule (the validator doesn't enforce it currently either) so we can have fewer total blocks, and then targets like LLVM can enforce it if they so choose (as this PR does).
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