Release 0.7.9 "Just Asleep" - Online WASM simulator

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This release includes a number of bug fixes, facilitates build from scratch by
third-parties, and delivers a WASM-based simulator that runs on the
https://48calc.org web site.

Features

• menu: Add Purge to the ClearThingsMenu
• purge: Add support for lists
• units: Accept units for sqrt, cbrt and xroot
• wasm: Add variant for 48calc.org
• wasm: Implement WASM support

Bug fixes

• complex: Give Syntax error for phasor without an angle
• dms/hms: Parse empty numbers in DMS entry
• dms/hms: Protect display against bad input
• editor: Make sure we reposition after shift-up and shift-down
• parser: Parse degrees as an angle unit in phasors
• simulator: Avoid high CPU usage when a timer is active
• simulator: Use the correct color for firmware text
• ui: Compute the correct refresh rate even when nothing is displayed
• ui: Create a non-empty dirty rectangle when clearing annunciators
• ui: Do not refresh beyond LCD size
• ui: Ensure we redraw the shift region to clear busy
• units: Disable simplification during unit definition evaluation

Improvements

• build: Fix the clean build
• object: Remove defaults for as_uint32 and similar
• parser: Cache parser::length when possible
• parser: Merge the parser::end and parser::length fields
• parser: Optimize integer parsing early exit
• simulator: Avoid Cancel in file save dialog
• simulator: Use https as a protocol for git submodules
• tests: Add support for degrees sign
• tests: Add test for polar angle conversion.
• units: Add factoring variable to limit simplifications
• wasm: Add link to deployed WASM simulator in the README
• wasm: Add script to add COOP / COEP headers
• wasm: Run the RPL thread in a separate thread

Full Changelog: v0.7.8...v0.7.9

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