[vm] Packed representation of record shape

The representation of record shape in record instances and record
types is changed from a pair

  int num_fields
  Array field_names

to a single integer - packed bitfield

  int num_fields(16)
  int field_names_index(kSmiBits-16)

where field names index is an index in the array available from
ObjectStore.

With the new representation of record shapes:
1) Size of record instances is reduced.
2) Number of comparisons for a shape test reduced from 2 to 1
(shape test is used during type checks).
3) A few operations removed from Record.hashCode.
4) Type testing stubs (TTS) are now supported for record types with
named fields. Previously it was not possible to check shape of records
with named fields in TTS as TTS cannot access object pool and cannot
load field names array).

TEST=existing

Issue: https://github.com/dart-lang/sdk/issues/49719

Change-Id: I7cdcbb53938aba5d561cd24dc99530395dbbea7e
Reviewed-on: https://dart-review.googlesource.com/c/sdk/+/276201
Reviewed-by: Ryan Macnak <rmacnak@google.com>
Commit-Queue: Alexander Markov <alexmarkov@google.com>
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