Preserve comments in platformio.ini on save (guarded helper + test) — fixes #3862 #5249
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Adds save_ini_preserving_comments, a guarded INI writer that uses ConfigUpdater to round-trip platformio.ini while preserving comments and inline notes, with fallback to ConfigParser if import/parsing fails. This introduces a safe, optional capability (tested with header/inline comments) without altering existing code paths; adoption at call sites (e.g., ProjectConfig.save() or Home configurator) is up to maintainers. Resolves #3862.