refactor/transferfunction/scale_and_offset #10064

Job	Run time
build (3.8, x64, ubuntu)	1h 30m 12s
build (3.8, x64, windows)	1h 29m 37s
build (3.11, x64, ubuntu)	1h 15m 23s
build (3.11, x64, macos)	28m 36s
build (3.11, x64, windows)	1h 32m 4s
build (3.12, x64, ubuntu)	1h 18m 15s
build (3.12, x64, macos)	32m 59s
build (3.12, x64, windows)	1h 30m 4s
build (3.9, macos, --cov=psyneulink)	50m 14s
build (3.9, ubuntu, --forked -m "not llvm")	40m 1s
build (3.9, x86, windows)	1h 32m 43s
build (3.10, ubuntu, --fp-precision=fp32)	1h 16m 59s
build (3.10, macos, -m benchmark --benchmark-enable --benchmark-only --benchmark-min-rounds=2 --b...	20m 13s
build (3.8, macos, min)	37m 20s
	14h 54m 40s

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