Add Z3_mk_polymorphic_datatypes API for mutually recursive polymorphic datatypes

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✅ Complete: Expose API for Polymorphic Recursive Datatypes

Problem Solved

Z3's SMT2 format allows polymorphic datatypes to be defined recursively, but the C API only provided:

• Z3_mk_polymorphic_datatype: Single polymorphic datatype
• Z3_mk_datatypes: Mutually recursive non-polymorphic datatypes

Solution: Added Z3_mk_polymorphic_datatypes to create mutually recursive polymorphic datatypes.

Changes Implemented

✅ Core API (src/api/z3_api.h & src/api/api_datatype.cpp)

• New function: Z3_mk_polymorphic_datatypes
• Takes per-datatype type parameter arrays
• Creates mutually recursive polymorphic datatypes atomically

✅ C++ Bindings (src/api/c++/z3++.h)

• Overloaded datatypes() method with type parameters
• Fixed: Changed to use std::unique_ptr for non-copyable array class
• Seamless integration with existing C++ API

✅ Tests (src/test/parametric_datatype.cpp)

• Comprehensive test with mutually recursive Tree and Forest
• All tests passing ✅

Build Fixes

• Fixed C++ compilation error with std::unique_ptr for non-copyable arrays
• Removed standalone example file that caused multiple main definition conflict
• Build system compiles all C++ files in examples/c++ together, so standalone examples must be removed

Original prompt

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This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>Expose an API function to allow defining polymorphic recursive datatypes</issue_title>
<issue_description>The SMT2 format allows polymorphic datatypes to be defined recursively, but the only API exposed allows defining just one polymorphic data type. It would be nice to expose the most generic form of this API. Happy to volunteer a PR if this sounds good.</issue_description>

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• Fixes Expose an API function to allow defining polymorphic recursive datatypes #8375

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[NikolajBjorner]

@copilot fix the build

[Copilot]

@copilot fix the build

Fixed in commit 18ece37. The issue was in the C++ binding where std::vector<array<Z3_sort>> couldn't be used because the array class has a deleted copy constructor. Changed to use std::unique_ptr<array<Z3_sort>> instead to properly manage array lifetimes. Build now succeeds.

[NikolajBjorner]

@copilot - fix build

[Copilot]

@copilot - fix build

Fixed in commit 3177557. The build was failing due to multiple main function definitions. The build system compiles all .cpp files in examples/c++/ into a single executable, so the standalone polymorphic_datatypes_example.cpp conflicted with the existing example.cpp. Removed the example file to resolve the conflict.