This patch does not bring functional changes, but it is a good change if we want to use these utilities in areas other than those using BMesh (eg painting editors).
This is also a step to replace `ED_view3d_select_id_validate`. That function erroneously checks `V3D_INVALID_BACKBUF` which causes it to update unnecessarily.
Reviewers: campbellbarton
Differential Revision: https://developer.blender.org/D5072
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