[GHC] #13442: Add a coercion/cast operator to CMM

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#13442: Add a coercion/cast operator to CMM
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        Reporter:  erikd             |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.4.1
       Component:  Compiler          |              Version:  8.0.1
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Comment (by rwbarton):

 In particular, an actual cast is problematic as your original purpose here
 was precisely to implement a word to double cast operation.

 It seems like the goal of adding this cast is to slip past Cmm's type
 checking, but as there actually is a well-typed way to do what you want in
 Cmm, it would be better to do that; and add input Cmm syntax for it if
 necessary.

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