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Correctly mark all symbols as `public` or not

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#51,335 opened on Sep 15, 2023

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Description

#50105 added a preliminary list of symbols to be marked as public from Base. We should finalize that list for Base, stdlibs, and submodules before 1.11.

### Tasks
- [x] Base
- [ ] Submodules of Base
- [ ] Stdlibs
- [ ] A final review to make sure we're not marking anything as pubic that we don't want to

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Research direction
Review the preliminary list from issue #50105, then check each symbol's usage in Base and stdlibs to decide if it should be public. Use the @public macro appropriately.
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