Remove Intrinsic::Println

[vezenovm]

Problem

Now that we used Brillig foreign calls for printing to stdout we no longer need the ACIR based Println instruction as the builtin no longer exists in the stdlib. The Log directive can also then be removed from ACIR as other callers should also be using Brillig foreign calls to implement printing.

Happy Case

Remove Intrinsic::Println and any of its uses. It is also used for some of the SSA tests so these tests should be updated to use a new intrinsic such as ToBits or Sort.

Alternatives Considered

N/A - otherwise we are leaving dead code in the ACIR generation

Additional Context

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Would you like to submit a PR for this Issue?

No

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[Savio-Sou]

Just to confirm: would we lose any functionality with the removal, or is the new Brillig-based println already a superset of the old?

[vezenovm]

There is no longer a println builtin, the Brilig-based println has already superseded the previous method.

[vezenovm]

@Ethan-000 If you have the capacity this could be a good issue to take on