Remove unused proto aspects semantics helper

Copybara Import from https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/pull/771

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Remove unused proto aspects semantics helper (#771)

## Summary

Remove `semantics.get_proto_aspects` and `_get_proto_aspects` from `cc/common/semantics.bzl`.

Both definitions were copied from Bazel builtins in July 2025 by 8e0a527eab2645a7ccd4d585b747779caacbc0b6 as part of the `cc_import` extraction. No rules_cc rule has referenced `semantics.get_proto_aspects`; `_get_proto_aspects` is referenced only by the unused struct field. Removing both definitions has no functional effect.

## Validation

- `buildifier -mode=check cc/common/semantics.bzl`
- `bazel build //tests/simple_import:foo_bin --jobs=4`

Closes #771
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  * // Put other blockers before this line to avoid churning.
  * has lgtm
  * is approved
  * and then
  * all comments are resolved
  * and then
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COPYBARA_INTEGRATE_REVIEW=https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_cc/pull/771 from dzbarsky:codex/remove-proto-aspects-semantics 97f22502f0bf9a342be39076f0b79d55375efceb
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Change-Id: I20b91da1ecd5d0952d12bbabb3b7a15673705fb9
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