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DOC: Add some documentation for adding new UFuncs

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Description

New UFuncs developer documentation

As discussed on newcomers hour, it would be nice to have a developer doc for adding new UFuncs.
Right now a good PR to refer will be LCM&GCD PR (#8774) and perhaps a more in-depth example will be bit_count (#19355)

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Research direction

Read the LCM&GCD PR (#8774) and bit_count PR (#19355) to understand the existing process for adding new UFuncs. The work is done when a developer-facing guide explains that process with these examples and provides enough detail to follow it.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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