Note [Binding coercions]

Consider binding a CoVar, c = e.  Then, we must satisfy
Note [Core type and coercion invariant] in GHC.Core,
which allows only (Coercion co) on the RHS.

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               Operations over case alternatives
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The default alternative must be first, if it exists at all.
This makes it easy to find, though it makes matching marginally harder.