+-- | Tests whether all the given 'CoercionI's represent the identity coercion
+allIdCos :: [CoercionI] -> Bool
+allIdCos = all isIdentityCoercion
+
+-- | For each 'CoercionI' in the input list, return either the 'Coercion' it
+-- contains or the corresponding 'Type' from the other list
+zipCoArgs :: [CoercionI] -> [Type] -> [Coercion]
+zipCoArgs cois tys = zipWith fromCoI cois tys
+
+-- | Return either the 'Coercion' contained within the 'CoercionI' or the given
+-- 'Type' if the 'CoercionI' is the identity 'Coercion'
+fromCoI :: CoercionI -> Type -> Type
+fromCoI IdCo ty = ty -- Identity coercion represented
+fromCoI (ACo co) _ = co -- by the type itself
+
+-- | Smart constructor for @sym@ on 'CoercionI', see also 'mkSymCoercion'