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Add pointer masking convenience functions
This PR adds the following public API:
```rust
impl<T: ?Sized> *const T {
fn mask(self, mask: usize) -> *const T;
}
impl<T: ?Sized> *mut T {
fn mask(self, mask: usize) -> *const T;
}
// mod intrinsics
fn mask<T>(ptr: *const T, mask: usize) -> *const T
```
This is equivalent to `ptr.map_addr(|a| a & mask)` but also uses a cool llvm intrinsic.
Proposed in https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/95643#issuecomment-1121562352
cc `@Gankra` `@scottmcm` `@RalfJung`
r? rust-lang/libs-api
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For high-level intro to how type checking works in rustc, see the type checking chapter of the rustc dev guide.