[RFC]: Move `from_arraybuffer.js` into `@stdlib/ndarray/from-arraybuffer`
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Description
### Description
This RFC proposes acting on the `TODO` in `lib/from_arraybuffer.js`, which notes the helper should move to `@stdlib/ndarray/from-arraybuffer`.
The file is dimension-agnostic and is copied verbatim into each dimensional `ctor` package. There are three copies today, in `vector/ctor`, `matrix/ctor`, and `tensor3d/ctor`. Adding `tensor4d` and `tensor5d` would make five.
Separate work on `@stdlib/ndarray/from-arraybuffer` is already under way, which would reclaim all of them at once.
### Related Issues
Related issues: Parent
### Questions
Should this land before `tensor4d` starts, so the count stops at three?
### Other
No.
### Checklist
- [x] I have read and understood the [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/blob/develop/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md).
- [x] Searched for existing issues and pull requests.
- [x] The issue name begins with `RFC:`.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reading lib/from_arraybuffer.js and its copies in vector/ctor, matrix/ctor, and tensor3d/ctor, then inspect the separate @stdlib/ndarray/from-arraybuffer work already under way. Done means the helper has been moved there and the dimensional packages no longer carry these duplicate copies before tensor4d and tensor5d are added.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
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- data
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Active
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100