all: refactor Converter

A Converter converts between reflect.Values and protoreflect.Values.
The existing usage of Converter is somewhat confusing: The
internal/value package creates Converters for scalar types only, the
internal/impl package creates Converters for legacy messages and enums,
and the reflect/prototype package creates Converters for repeated fields.

Change the Converter type to an interface. The constructor for
Converter takes a FieldDescriptor and reflect.Type, and directly
handles conversions for all field types: Scalars, lists, maps, and
legacy types.

Move Converter into the internal/impl package, since that package
contains the necessary support for dealing with legacy messages and
enums. Drop the internal/value package.

Replace two uses of prototype.Extension with more focused
implementations, since the implementation is trivial with the
refactored Converter. Drop prototype.Extension for the moment since
it is now unused.

Change-Id: If0c570fefac002cc5925b3d56281b6eb17e90d5f
Reviewed-on: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/protobuf/+/187857
Reviewed-by: Joe Tsai <thebrokentoaster@gmail.com>
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  10. types/
  11. .gitignore
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  13. AUTHORS
  14. CONTRIBUTING.md
  15. CONTRIBUTORS
  16. go.mod
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  18. integration_test.go
  19. LICENSE
  20. PATENTS
  21. README.md
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README.md

Next Generation Go Protocol Buffers

WARNING: This repository is in active development. There are no guarantees about API stability. Breaking changes will occur until a stable release is made and announced.

This repository is for the development of the next major Go implementation of protocol buffers. This library makes breaking API changes relative to the existing Go protobuf library. Of particular note, this API aims to make protobuf reflection a first-class feature of the API and implements the protobuf ecosystem in terms of reflection.

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Contributing

We appreciate community contributions. See CONTRIBUTING.md.

Reporting Issues

Issues regarding the new API can be filed at github.com/golang/protobuf. Please use a APIv2: prefix in the title to make it clear that the issue is regarding the new API work.