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Mention self-insertion UB in docs of `CollectionExtensions.InsertRange`
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https://github.com/dotnet/runtime/blob/102f28e5a64cdbe89484ac10414fdebb9a51c65f/src/libraries/System.Private.CoreLib/src/System/Collections/Generic/CollectionExtensions.cs#L140-L141
Per code, inserting a span from a `List` into itself is UB. I think we should mention it in the [docs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/system.collections.generic.collectionextensions.insertrange?view=net-8.0), because `List.InsertRange(itself)` does work but the Span version doesn't.
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