Cross-canister compatible Post-Init hook

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I’ve included canister_post_init() as a canister lifecycle hook in this discussion.

Canister Lifecycle Hooks

A lifecycle hook or method is a common way of allowing developers a passive way to tie into and handle the occurrence of specific and important events. In the context of React and Angular, lifecycle hooks allow developers to tie into a component mounting or state changes, and in the context of AWS EC2 these hooks are triggered when auto-scaling an instance. On the IC, developers are currently able to actively interact with canisters but are limited in their ability to passively tie into specifi…