Make goto-line keep a separate input history per buffer

* lisp/simple.el (goto-line-history): New history variable.
(goto-line): Use new (buffer-local) variable as input
history (Bug#38282).
* lisp/subr.el (read-number-history): New history variable.
(read-number): Use the new variable as default input history.
* doc/lispref/minibuf.texi (Minibuffer History): Document
read-number-history and goto-line-history variables.
* etc/NEWS: Announce changes.

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@@ -65,6 +65,17 @@ GNU General Public License for more details.
 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
 along with GNU Emacs.  If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
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+** 'read-number' now has its own history variable.
+Additionally, the function now accepts a HIST argument which can be
+used to specify a custom history variable.
+
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+** Input history for 'goto-line' is now local to every buffer.
+Each buffer will keep a separate history of line numbers used with
+'goto-line'.  This should help making faster the process of finding
+line numbers that were previously jumped to.
+
 
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