Replace ring_to_mat dictionary by example_rings vector

[fingolfin]

See #1902 -- I'd still like to get rid of the example_rings but at least the new code is closer to what I'd expect a successor in the conformance test suite to look like...

[codecov]

Codecov Report

✅ All modified and coverable lines are covered by tests.
✅ Project coverage is 88.17%. Comparing base (36951e9) to head (075afa5).
⚠️ Report is 150 commits behind head on master.

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- Coverage   88.18%   88.17%   -0.01%     
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- Hits        32488    32485       -3     
- Misses       4353     4355       +2     

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