docs: length trait counts number of Unicode scalar values for strings

Since Smithy defines string shapes to be UTF-8 encoded, it is more correct for the spec to explicitly say the `length` trait counts the number of Unicode scalar values when applied to strings.
smithy-lang · Feb 21, 2022 · 9cd4e10 · 9cd4e10
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@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ Shape        Length constrains
 list         The number of members
 set          The number of members
 map          The number of key-value pairs
-string       The number of Unicode code points
+string       The number of `Unicode scalar values <https://www.unicode.org/glossary/#unicode_scalar_value>`__
 blob         The size of the blob in bytes
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