[DRAFT] implements setImmediate and remove its polyfill

[Muhammad-Altabba]

Description

Implements setImmediate and remove its polyfills.

By the way, the setImmediate polyfills was added only inside web3-eth. But setImmediate was used in both web3-eth and web3-utils.

Type of change

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to not work as expected)

Checklist:

• I have selected the correct base branch.
• I have performed a self-review of my own code.
• I have commented my code, particularly in hard-to-understand areas.
• I have made corresponding changes to the documentation.
• My changes generate no new warnings.
• Any dependent changes have been merged and published in downstream modules.
• I ran npm run lint with success and extended the tests and types if necessary.
• I ran npm run test:unit with success.
• I ran npm run test:coverage and my test cases cover all the lines and branches of the added code.
• I ran npm run build and tested dist/web3.min.js in a browser.
• I have tested my code on the live network.
• I have checked the Deploy Preview and it looks correct.
• I have updated the CHANGELOG.md file in the root folder.
• I have linked Issue(s) with this PR in "Linked Issues" menu.

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Total

Asset	Old size	New size	Diff	Diff %
Total	591 KB	590 KB	-1.24 KB	-0.21%

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Unchanged

Asset	Old size	New size	Diff	Diff %
web3.min.js	573 KB	572 KB	-1.24 KB	-0.22%
../lib/commonjs/index.d.ts	8.63 KB	8.63 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/accounts.d.ts	3.89 KB	3.89 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/types.d.ts	2.45 KB	2.45 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/web3.d.ts	1.14 KB	1.14 KB	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/abi.d.ts	999 bytes	999 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/eth.exports.d.ts	280 bytes	280 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/providers.exports.d.ts	148 bytes	148 bytes	0	0.00%
../lib/commonjs/version.d.ts	60 bytes	60 bytes	0	0.00%

[codecov]

Codecov Report

Merging #6624 (40dd093) into 4.x (0c67cc6) will decrease coverage by 1.08%.
Report is 51 commits behind head on 4.x.
The diff coverage is 12.50%.

Additional details and impacted files

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- Coverage   91.46%   90.39%   -1.08%     
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  Files         214      215       +1     
  Lines        8155     8263     +108     
  Branches     2193     2222      +29     
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+ Hits         7459     7469      +10     
- Misses        696      794      +98     

Flag	Coverage Δ
UnitTests	90.39% <12.50%> (-1.08%)	⬇️

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Components	Coverage Δ
web3	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-core	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-errors	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-abi	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-accounts	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-contract	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-ens	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-iban	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-eth-personal	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-net	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-http	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-ipc	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-providers-ws	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-rpc-methods	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-utils	∅ <ø> (∅)
web3-validator	∅ <ø> (∅)

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Benchmark

Benchmark suite	Current: 40dd093	Previous: 6c075db	Ratio
processingTx	9268 ops/sec (±3.98%)	9301 ops/sec (±4.81%)	1.00
processingContractDeploy	39504 ops/sec (±7.97%)	39129 ops/sec (±7.62%)	0.99
processingContractMethodSend	19289 ops/sec (±5.69%)	19443 ops/sec (±5.19%)	1.01
processingContractMethodCall	39340 ops/sec (±5.05%)	38971 ops/sec (±6.34%)	0.99
abiEncode	44288 ops/sec (±6.67%)	44252 ops/sec (±6.92%)	1.00
abiDecode	31069 ops/sec (±6.66%)	30419 ops/sec (±8.89%)	0.98
sign	1648 ops/sec (±1.23%)	1656 ops/sec (±4.08%)	1.00
verify	373 ops/sec (±0.75%)	373 ops/sec (±0.78%)	1

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