patch 9.1.1467: too many strlen() calls

patch 9.1.1467: too many strlen() calls

Problem:  too many strlen() calls
Solution: Change expand_env() to return string length
          (John Marriott)

This commit does the following changes:
- In expand_env_esc():
  - return the length of the returned dst string.
  - refactor to remove some calls to STRLEN() and STRCAT()
  - add check for out-of-memory condition.
- Change call sites in various source files to use the return value

closes: #17561

Signed-off-by: John Marriott <basilisk@internode.on.net>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>