feat: add symbol/match

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Resolves #8478 .

Description

What is the purpose of this pull request?

This pull request adds the package @stdlib/symbol/match. The package exports the well-known Symbol.match symbol when available in the current environment.

The implementation follows the structure and conventions used by existing symbol packages such as:

• @stdlib/symbol/iterator
• @stdlib/symbol/has-instance

Documentation and examples were updated accordingly.

Related Issues

Does this pull request have any related issues?

This pull request has the following related issues:

• [RFC]: add symbol/match #8478

Questions

Any questions for reviewers of this pull request?

The issue mentions ensuring copyright years are 2025. Since this PR is being submitted in 2026, I updated the copyright year to 2026. Please let me know if it should instead be set to 2025.

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No.

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Package	Statements	Branches	Functions	Lines
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The above coverage report was generated for the changes in this PR.