* [c_api] use all relevant flags in compilation
* [c_api] Remove redundant IndexIVFFlat declarations
- From IndexIVF_c.h, already declared in IndexIVFFlat_c.h
* [c_api] type changes
- replace `long` with a more suitable type
- provide definitions for `faiss_component_t` and `faiss_distance_t`
* [c_api] Define CFLAGS and CUDACFLAGS
* [c_api] Update impl and interface for v1.5
- move IndexShards to dedicated module IndexShards_c.{h|cpp}
- remove getter/setters to unreachable fields
- reimplement faiss_IndexIVF_imbalance_factor (to use invlists)
- minor IndexIVF documentation tweaks
- Remove QueryResult, provide RangeQueryResult
* [c_api] Document FaissErrorCode
* [c_api] Update GPU impl and interface for v1.5
- Remove unavailable method setTempMemoryFraction
* [c_api] Relicense to MIT
In accordance to the rest of the project
* [c_api] leverage index downcast
- make index downcast declaration+definition possible with macros
- use macros on existing index types
* [c_api] Add IndexLSH to C API
* [c_api] Add Index IO interface
- new header index_io_c.h for access to the index_io.h API
- function`faiss_write_index` and overloads for dumping index to a file
- function`faiss_read_index` and overloads for reading index from a file
- function`faiss_clone_index` for cloning an index
- update C example to save index to a file
* [c_api] Add IndexIDMap and IndexShards API
Danil Guskov
Eduardo Pinho