Add a type converter registry to Type to replace cross-package deferred imports

[ricardoV94]

Problem

Several Type subclasses use deferred imports in convert_variable (and similar methods) to handle conversions across package boundaries:

scalar → tensor (pytensor/scalar/basic.py):

# ScalarType reaching up to tensor
from pytensor.tensor.basic import as_tensor_variable
from pytensor.tensor.basic import scalar_from_tensor
from pytensor.tensor.type import TensorType

tensor → xtensor (pytensor/tensor/random/type.py, introduced in the rng_methods PR):

# RandomGeneratorType reaching across to xtensor
from pytensor.xtensor.random.type import XRandomGeneratorType, xrng_to_rng

In all cases the dependency direction is inverted — lower-level packages reach into higher-level ones via lazy imports. It works, but each conversion must be hardcoded in the source type's package, and adding a new type system layer means editing existing code.

Proposal

A registration pattern on Type itself, similar to shared_constructor.register:

# In pytensor/graph/type.py
class Type:
    _type_converters: ClassVar[dict[type, Callable]] = {}

    @classmethod
    def register_converter(cls, from_type, converter_fn):
        cls._type_converters[from_type] = converter_fn

    def convert_variable(self, var):
        converter = self._type_converters.get(type(var.type))
        if converter is not None:
            return converter(var)
        # existing is_super logic...

Each downstream package registers its converters at import time:

# xtensor/random/type.py registers on import
RandomGeneratorType.register_converter(XRandomGeneratorType, xrng_to_rng)

# tensor/basic.py registers on import
ScalarType.register_converter(TensorType, scalar_from_tensor)

This restores the correct dependency direction — higher-level packages extend lower-level types, not the other way around.

Scope

Refactor with no user-facing behavior change. Currently affects:

• ScalarType.convert_variable (scalar↔tensor)
• RandomGeneratorType.convert_variable (tensor↔xtensor RNG)
• as_rng in tensor/random/type.py

Could also clean up any future xtensor↔tensor conversions as xtensor matures.