[CPyCppyy] Work around non-instantiable std::span iterators in GCC 15
#20891
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The libstdc++ (GCC >= 15) implements
std::span::iteratorusing a private nested tag type, which makes the iterator non-instantiable by CallFunc-generated wrappers (the return type cannot be named without violating access rules).To preserve correct Python iteration semantics, this commit suggests to replace
begin()/end()forstd::spanto return a custom pointer-based iterator instead. This avoids relying onstd::span::iteratorwhile still providing a real C++ iterator object that CPyCppyy can also wrap and expose via__iter__/__next__.A unit test is implemented based on the reproducers provided in #18837.
Closes #18837.