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units: Add hex parsing for numeric wrapper types

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

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units: Add hex parsing for numeric wrapper types

units contains various other numeric wrapper types that can be
formatted as numeric data. To complement this, they should also be able
to be parsed from data like hex with the same units.

Introduce from_hex and from_hex_unprefixed to all remaining numeric
wrapper types aside from FeeRate.
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What changed, and why it matters

This commit adds new public helper functions that let several numeric wrapper types in the rust-bitcoin 'units' crate be created from hexadecimal strings (with or without a '0x' prefix). It is a straightforward feature addition with no security-relevant behavior change; the underlying hex parsing already existed in the crate.

Recommended action

No security action required. Reviewers may optionally verify that the new constructors return the expected error types and that documentation comments correctly distinguish prefixed vs unprefixed behavior.

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
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