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REVIEWED: Remove some const from text buffer return values

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Lately got some compilation `errors` related, it seems GCC 14 interprets some `const`-missmatch as errors instead of warnings (as previous versions).

But in any case, I don't see why an user won't be able to operate directly over of those returned buffers; `const` adds a restriction (for security reasons?) that in my opinion is useless.

From an expert on compilers (w64devkit creator), here there are some notes I agree with:

```
No const. It serves no practical role in optimization, and I cannot recall an instance where it caught, or would have caught, a mistake. I held out for awhile as prototype documentation, but on reflection I found that good parameter names were sufficient. Dropping const has made me noticeably more productive by reducing cognitive load and eliminating visual clutter. I now believe its inclusion in C was a costly mistake.

(One small exception: I still like it as a hint to place static tables in read-only memory closer to the code. I’ll cast away the const if needed. This is only of minor importance.)
```

Ref: https://nullprogram.com/blog/2023/10/08/
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@ -1510,15 +1510,15 @@ RLAPI const char *TextFormat(const char *text, ...);
RLAPI const char *TextSubtext(const char *text, int position, int length); // Get a piece of a text string
RLAPI char *TextReplace(const char *text, const char *replace, const char *by); // Replace text string (WARNING: memory must be freed!)
RLAPI char *TextInsert(const char *text, const char *insert, int position); // Insert text in a position (WARNING: memory must be freed!)
RLAPI const char *TextJoin(const char **textList, int count, const char *delimiter); // Join text strings with delimiter
RLAPI const char **TextSplit(const char *text, char delimiter, int *count); // Split text into multiple strings
RLAPI char *TextJoin(const char **textList, int count, const char *delimiter); // Join text strings with delimiter
RLAPI char **TextSplit(const char *text, char delimiter, int *count); // Split text into multiple strings
RLAPI void TextAppend(char *text, const char *append, int *position); // Append text at specific position and move cursor!
RLAPI int TextFindIndex(const char *text, const char *find); // Find first text occurrence within a string
RLAPI const char *TextToUpper(const char *text); // Get upper case version of provided string
RLAPI const char *TextToLower(const char *text); // Get lower case version of provided string
RLAPI const char *TextToPascal(const char *text); // Get Pascal case notation version of provided string
RLAPI const char *TextToSnake(const char *text); // Get Snake case notation version of provided string
RLAPI const char *TextToCamel(const char *text); // Get Camel case notation version of provided string
RLAPI char *TextToUpper(const char *text); // Get upper case version of provided string
RLAPI char *TextToLower(const char *text); // Get lower case version of provided string
RLAPI char *TextToPascal(const char *text); // Get Pascal case notation version of provided string
RLAPI char *TextToSnake(const char *text); // Get Snake case notation version of provided string
RLAPI char *TextToCamel(const char *text); // Get Camel case notation version of provided string
RLAPI int TextToInteger(const char *text); // Get integer value from text
RLAPI float TextToFloat(const char *text); // Get float value from text