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Make the existence of high(type) clearer, especially near subranges (#18286)

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* Make the existence of high(type) clearer, especially around subranges

* Use a better example and dry up the wording
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@@ -989,10 +989,12 @@ Ordinal types have the following characteristics:
- Ordinal types are countable and ordered. This property allows the operation
of functions such as `inc`, `ord`, and `dec` on ordinal types to
be defined.
- Ordinal values have the smallest possible value. Trying to count further
down than the smallest value produces a panic or a static error.
- Ordinal values have the largest possible value. Trying to count further
than the largest value produces a panic or a static error.
- Ordinal types have a smallest possible value, accessible with `low(type)`.
Trying to count further down than the smallest value produces a panic or
a static error.
- Ordinal types have a largest possible value, accessible with `high(type)`.
Trying to count further up than the largest value produces a panic or
a static error.
Integers, bool, characters, and enumeration types (and subranges of these
types) belong to ordinal types.
@@ -1095,6 +1097,7 @@ lowest and highest value of the type. For example:
type
Subrange = range[0..5]
PositiveFloat = range[0.0..Inf]
Positive* = range[1..high(int)] # as defined in `system`
`Subrange` is a subrange of an integer which can only hold the values 0