[FEA]: Consider making cuda::std::complex trivially default constructible
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### Area
libcu++
### Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
As a CUDA C++ programmer, I'd like to use `cuda::std::complex` in performance sensitive code where default initialization can be problematic for both performance reasons and lead to [warning/errors when used in `__shared__` memory](https://github.com/NVIDIA/cccl/issues/993).
The standard specifies that the default constructor for `std::complex` is spelled:
```
constexpr complex(const T& re = T(), const T& im = T());
```
meaning the real and imaginary parts are value initialized by default.
### Describe the solution you'd like
We should consider either:
1. Deviate from the standard and make `cuda::std::complex` trivially default constructible
2. Introduce a `cuda::complex` extension type that is trivially default constructible
### Describe alternatives you've considered
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