iterator: impl DoubleEndedIterator for adaptors
remove dead take glue code paths

Closes #7888
updated manual
PR #7637 followup: no need to print the set of removed files twice.
Reorganize README to make it more clear.

This also adds a note about required memory usage and instructions for
building from Git.
std: Remove old magic core mod
Added a new method to extra::future (unwrap) + a test
Merge pull request #7897 from thestinger/double

rollup of small pull requests

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