Fixes for compilation in recent ROOT master after upstream removal of some RooFit cache functionality

[gpetruc]

In RooFit some cache functionality was removed in ROOT > 6.40, via root-project/root#21831 by @guitargeek
This PR just hides those removed functions when compiling in newer ROOT versions.

Also included the fix for #1263 (harmless)

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Compatibility

  • Improved compatibility with newer ROOT releases, including ROOT 6.41 and later.
  • Preserved support for earlier ROOT versions through version-specific behavior.

• Bug Fixes

  • Updated likelihood and tree-handling behavior to align with changes in newer ROOT versions.
  • Simplified simultaneous likelihood creation while maintaining existing analysis functionality.

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The update adds ROOT 6.41.0 version guards around selected overrides and declarations. It also simplifies RooSimultaneousOpt NLL construction by removing Constrain parameter-set resolution and the corresponding constructor argument.

Changes

ROOT 6.41 compatibility

Layer / File(s)	Summary
ROOT version guards interface/AtlasPdfs.h, interface/CachingNLL.h, interface/SimpleCacheSentry.h	Selected overrides and declarations are now compiled only for ROOT versions below 6.41.0.
NLL construction update src/RooSimultaneousOpt.cc	RooSimultaneousOpt constructs CachingSimNLL with only this and the data pointer. Constrain parameter-set resolution is removed.

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Change: Bug fix

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Constrained simultaneous fits can silently use a different likelihood and produce incorrect fit results; the nuisance-set forwarding should be fixed before merge.

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In `@src/RooSimultaneousOpt.cc`:
- Line 20: Update RooSimultaneousOpt::createNLLImpl to extract the
RooFit::Constrain set from the incoming command list using ROOT 6.41-compatible
command handling, then pass that nuisance set to CachingSimNLL instead of
nullptr. Preserve the existing optimized NLL flow and do not restore the old
RooCmdConfig block unless it actually forwards the constraint set.

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• interface/AtlasPdfs.h
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[guitargeek]

Thanks @gpetruc! This is the right fix. Indeed, the old RooFit constant term optimization was already neutralized in Combine by overriding these hooks that are now gone.