+\end{code}
+
+This predicate says whether the id has a strict demand placed on it or
+has a type such that it can always be evaluated strictly (e.g., an
+unlifted type, but see the comment for isStrictType). We need to
+check separately whether <id> has a so-called "strict type" because if
+the demand for <id> hasn't been computed yet but <id> has a strict
+type, we still want (isStrictId <id>) to be True.
+\begin{code}
+isStrictId :: Id -> Bool
+isStrictId id
+ = ASSERT2( isId id, text "isStrictId: not an id: " <+> ppr id )
+ (isStrictDmd (idNewDemandInfo id)) ||
+ (isStrictType (idType id))