Add max_tries argument to stan::services::util::initialize

[WardBrian]

Submission Checklist

• Run unit tests: ./runTests.py src/test/unit
• Run cpplint: make cpplint
• Declare copyright holder and open-source license: see below

Summary

This takes what is currently a hardcoded value and promotes it to an argument with the same default.

Intended Effect

Improve usability of the function, e.g. in roualdes/bridgestan#319

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Copyright and Licensing

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Simons Foundation

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• Code: BSD 3-clause (https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause)
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[stan-buildbot]

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Name	Old Result	New Result	Ratio	Performance change( 1 - new / old )
low_dim_corr_gauss/low_dim_corr_gauss.stan	0.01	0.01	1.04	3.84% faster
sir/sir.stan	74.73	73.11	1.02	2.17% faster
gp_regr/gen_gp_data.stan	0.03	0.03	0.98	-1.68% slower
gp_regr/gp_regr.stan	0.09	0.1	0.99	-1.23% slower
low_dim_gauss_mix_collapse/low_dim_gauss_mix_collapse.stan	7.54	7.54	1.0	0.09% faster
arma/arma.stan	0.27	0.27	1.0	0.25% faster
irt_2pl/irt_2pl.stan	3.95	3.96	1.0	-0.41% slower
garch/garch.stan	0.39	0.39	0.99	-0.72% slower
pkpd/sim_one_comp_mm_elim_abs.stan	0.26	0.25	1.02	1.8% faster
pkpd/one_comp_mm_elim_abs.stan	19.73	18.65	1.06	5.49% faster
eight_schools/eight_schools.stan	0.05	0.06	0.98	-1.69% slower
low_dim_gauss_mix/low_dim_gauss_mix.stan	2.85	2.81	1.01	1.35% faster
gp_pois_regr/gp_pois_regr.stan	1.93	1.93	1.0	-0.11% slower
arK/arK.stan	1.54	1.54	1.0	0.03% faster
performance.compilation	111.3	100.94	1.1	9.31% faster
Mean result: 1.0133965334483532

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