some points and line segments remain clipped when setting `clip: false`
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Description
### Expected behavior
My goal is to render points and line segments outside the chart area. This almost works by setting the dataset `clip` option to `false`, but not quite. Expected that when clipping is disabled, all points and line segments that can be shown, should in fact be shown.
### Current behavior
This function trims data points that are outside the chart area even if they would be visible on the canvas:
https://github.com/chartjs/Chart.js/blob/ea88dba68d41d4974c1fff5ce1c60f5d68279c13/src/controllers/controller.line.js#L46-L49
This prevents the `clip: false` option from working as expected.
### Reproducible sample
https://codepen.io/devon_fg/pen/poXmLQG?editors=0010
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### Optional extra steps/info to reproduce
In the provided codepen, the first three data points are:
```
{x: 1.4, y: 0},
{x: 1.45, y: 12},
{x: 1.6, y: 3},
```
All of these ought to be displayed, but in fact only the last point and the line segment preceding it are.
### Possible solutions
- `_getStartAndCountOfVisiblePoints` could be updated to account for clipping behavior and the full visible canvas
- an option could be provided to disable the point trimming behavior altogether
### Context
In our system we are animating new data entering and exiting the chart as the x-axis timebounds change. The current behavior causes data to suddenly appear rather than smoothly enter from offscreen.
### chart.js version
v4.4.0
### Browser name and version
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### Link to your project
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