Change comparison functions =, <, >, <=, >= to take many arguments.

* src/data.c: Change comparison functions' interface and
  implementation
* src/lisp.h: Make arithcompare available for efficient two arg
  comparisons
* src/bytecode.c: Use arithcompare
* src/fileio.c: Use new interface
* test/automated/data-tests.el: New tests for comparison functions
* etc/NEWS

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diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
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--- a/etc/NEWS
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@@ -625,6 +625,8 @@ actually using interpreter-mode-alist for something.
 
 * Lisp Changes in Emacs 24.4
 
+** Comparison functions =, <, >, <=, >= now take many arguments.
+
 ** The second argument of `eval' can now be a lexical-environment.
 
 ** `with-demoted-errors' takes an additional argument `format'.