RST writer: improve inline escaping rules.

Also a small performance optimization.

Closes #8380.

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+```
+% pandoc -f man -t rst
+LC_*
+^D
+LC\_\*
+```
+
+These examples of things that don't require escaping are taken
+from the RST documentation:
+
+```
+% pandoc -f native -t rst
+[Para [Str "2*x a**b O(N**2) e**(x*y) f(x)*f(y) a|b"]
+,Para [Str "a**b O(N**2) e**(x*y) f(x)*f(y)"]
+]
+^D
+2*x a**b O(N**2) e**(x*y) f(x)*f(y) a|b
+
+a**b O(N**2) e**(x*y) f(x)*f(y)
+```
+
+These examples of things that do require escaping are taken
+from the RST documentation:
+
+```
+% pandoc -f native -t rst
+Str "*4, class_, *args, **kwargs, `TeX-quoted', *ML, *.txt"
+^D
+\*4, class\_, \*args, \**kwargs, \`TeX-quoted', \*ML, \*.txt
+```
+