docs: add resource-limits page, rename cycles-costs to cycle-costs#267
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…e-costs - Add docs/references/resource-limits.md with full table coverage (message limits, instruction limits, memory, Wasm module, subnet, execution threads, environment variables) plus Performance characteristics and Additional notes prose sections ported from dfinity/portal - Rename references/cycles-costs.md → references/cycle-costs.md; fix title from "Cycles costs" to "Cycle costs" (sentence-case, natural compound noun) - Remove the condensed Resource limits table from cycle-costs.md; replace with a cross-reference to the new dedicated page - Add resource-limits sidebar entry after cycle-costs, before subnet-types - Update all 16 inbound links across concepts/, guides/, and references/; links in execution-errors.md and ic-interface-spec/canister-interface.md that pointed to resource-limit context now point to resource-limits.md (with #message-limits and #memory-limits anchors where appropriate)
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docs/references/resource-limits.mdas a dedicated reference page, separated from cycle costs (different reader intent: execution constraints vs. billing)references/cycles-costs.md→references/cycle-costs.mdand fixes the title to "Cycle costs" (natural English compound noun, consistent with the page's own description)cycle-costs.md; replaces it with a cross-reference to the new pageexecution-errors.mdandic-interface-spec/canister-interface.mdthat were pointing to limit-related content now point toresource-limits.mdwith proper section anchors (#message-limits,#memory-limits)resource-limitssidebar entry betweencycle-costsandsubnet-typesResource limits page coverage (ported from dfinity/portal
docs/building-apps/canister-management/resource-limits.mdx, which the portal placed as a standalone page under canister-management):Sync recommendation
informed by dfinity/portal docs/building-apps/canister-management/resource-limits.mdx— hand-maintained going forward; upstream tables should be cross-checked against the IC interface spec on spec version bumps.