Improve memory safety when writing to uninitialized buffers in C API

# Description: 
Based on @jakelishman analysis and explanation here: https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/pull/15297#discussion_r2556111303, we should refactor the C API functions below to make writing data to uninitialized arrays safer.

https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/blob/ea01d9985a0d9da1eeaaed3caace3fe11389e4f7/crates/cext/src/transpiler/transpile_layout.rs#L98

https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/blob/ea01d9985a0d9da1eeaaed3caace3fe11389e4f7/crates/cext/src/transpiler/transpile_layout.rs#L153

https://github.com/Qiskit/qiskit/blob/ea01d9985a0d9da1eeaaed3caace3fe11389e4f7/crates/cext/src/transpiler/transpile_layout.rs#L207


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