The buffer of global arrays could already be statically initialized.
The missing piece was the array itself, which is basically a reference to the array buffer.
For example:
```
var a = [1, 2, 3]
```
ends up in two statically initialized globals:
1. the array buffer, which contains the elements
2. the variable `a` which is a single reference (= pointer) of the array buffer
This optimization removes the need for lazy initialization of such variables.
rdar://127757554
Static read-only arrays didn't work when passed to ObjectiveC as NSArray.
The storage class of static read-only arrays doesn't carry information about the Element type.
The new `__SwiftDeferredStaticNSArray` is generic over the element type and doesn't have to rely on the element type information of the array storage.
rdar://94185998
So far, static arrays had to be put into a writable section, because the isa pointer and the (immortal) ref count field were initialized dynamically at the first use of such an array.
But with a new runtime library, which exports the symbols for the (immortal) ref count field and the isa pointer, it's possible to put the whole array into a read-only section. I.e. make it a constant global.
rdar://94185998
This reverts the revert commit df353ff3c0.
Also, I added a frontend option to disable this optimization: `-disable-readonly-static-objects`
So far, static arrays had to be put into a writable section, because the isa pointer and the (immortal) ref count field were initialized dynamically at the first use of such an array.
But with a new runtime library, which exports the symbols for the (immortal) ref count field and the isa pointer, it's possible to put the whole array into a read-only section. I.e. make it a constant global.
rdar://94185998