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Add a `target` coordinate option

A difficult thing to detect with commands is which block a player is looking at. It requires a raycast, which is lengthy to write and fairly inefficient.

I suggest adding an alternative to this: `target`. This can be used anywhere instead of coordinates and simply targets the block that the player is looking at.

For example: `setblock target stone`

This should not be tricky to implement, since the target block is already calculated every frame (for example to show in the F3 menu)

Alternatively, a syntax more similar to current coordinate syntax could be used, to allow specifying an offset, for example.

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    target could be a positioning option in an execute command.
    As the player run: 

    execute positioned target run setblock ~ ~ ~ stone
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    U mean on bedrock? Cause i think this feature is already in java.

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    It might be tricky to implement unless it's a feature for "/execute" command.
    For example, this command would change the block the player is looking at (or fail if the player is not looking at any of the blocks or the player is gone).

    /execute as @p positioned block target run setblock ~ ~ ~

    On the other hand, this command would change the block that the player would create if they clicked right mouse button (usually the block next to targeted one, dependent from the player position) (or fail in some scenarios):

    /execute as @p positioned block placeable run setblock ~ ~ ~