Add .rx.set method

[philippjfr]

Implements https://github.com/holoviz/param/issues/956

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[jbednar]

Are people ok with the linguistic ambiguity between "set" as a collection of items and "set" as "assign"? I find .rx.assign to more obviously indicate the latter meaning, but it's maybe less guessable? I.e. if I think about what I want to do to assign a value, "set" is indeed the word I think of, but then when I encounter .rx.set, I'm not sure which of the two meanings it would be. Happy with whatever other people agree on...

[maximlt]

FWIW I'm fine with the naming of .rx.set (.rx.pipe(set | list | ...) being I believe the correct way to cast).

[MarcSkovMadsen]

I like set because its the term used in React Docs.

[maximlt]

I'm ok with rx.set(). How about you @philippjfr?

[philippjfr]

+1 on keeping .set

[maximlt]

Unrelated test failures.