Bug 1332633 - Part 1: Implement ComputeDistance trait.

Introduce ComputeDistance trait, which implement compute_distance and
compute_squared_distance.

For vector, compute_squared_distance is necessary because we use Euclidean
distance as the distance between two values. The easier way to implement
compute_squared_distance is to square the result from compute_distance, but
for some property values, they may have many components, e.g. (v1, v2, v3).
If we just square the result from compute_distance, the computation is
(sqrt(v1^2 + v2^2 + v3^2))^2. There are two redundant operators:
"square-root" and then "square". In order to avoid this, we should
implement compute_squared_distance separately for these types.

MozReview-Commit-ID: LmmrUXYlDb6

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