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Make hash built-in in strict-mode #999

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# Make `(hash)` a built in helper

## Summary

Today, when using gjs/gts/`<template>`, in order to make objects in a template, folks _must import_ the `(hash)` helper.
Because creating objects is fairly commonplace, this is an annoyance for developers, especially as almost every other language has object literal syntax.

This RFC proposes that `(hash)` be built in to `glimmer-vm` and not require importing.

## Motivation

Arrays and Objects are not only very common to create, they are essential tools when yielding data out of components.

There is alternate motivation to implement _literals_ for arrays and objects, but that is a bigger can of worms for another time.

## Detailed design

This change would affect strict-mode only. This is so that today's existing code that imports `hash` from `@ember/helper` will still work due to how values defined locally in scope override globals.

The behavior of `hash` would be the same as it is today, but defined by default in the `glimmer-vm`.

Being built in can give folks confidence that each property in the hash is individually reactive.

## How we teach this

Once implemented, the guides, if they say anything about gjs/gts/`<template>` and `hash` by the time this would be implemented, would only remove the import.
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## Drawbacks

People may not know where `hash` is defined.
- counterpoint: do they need to?

## Alternatives

n/a

## Unresolved questions

n/a
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