+Note [Binder swap]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+We do these two transformations right here:
+
+ (1) case x of b { pi -> ri }
+ ==>
+ case x of b { pi -> let x=b in ri }
+
+ (2) case (x |> co) of b { pi -> ri }
+ ==>
+ case (x |> co) of b { pi -> let x = b |> sym co in ri }
+
+ Why (2)? See Note [Ccase of cast]
+
+In both cases, in a particular alternative (pi -> ri), we only
+add the binding if
+ (a) x occurs free in (pi -> ri)
+ (ie it occurs in ri, but is not bound in pi)
+ (b) the pi does not bind b (or the free vars of co)
+ (c) x is not a
+We need (a) and (b) for the inserted binding to be correct.
+
+Notice that (a) rapidly becomes false, so no bindings are injected.
+
+Notice the deliberate shadowing of 'x'. But we must call localiseId
+on 'x' first, in case it's a GlobalId, or has an External Name.
+See, for example, SimplEnv Note [Global Ids in the substitution].
+
+For the alternatives where we inject the binding, we can transfer
+all x's OccInfo to b. And that is the point.
+
+The reason for doing these transformations here is because it allows
+us to adjust the OccInfo for 'x' and 'b' as we go.
+
+ * Suppose the only occurrences of 'x' are the scrutinee and in the
+ ri; then this transformation makes it occur just once, and hence
+ get inlined right away.
+
+ * If we do this in the Simplifier, we don't know whether 'x' is used
+ in ri, so we are forced to pessimistically zap b's OccInfo even
+ though it is typically dead (ie neither it nor x appear in the
+ ri). There's nothing actually wrong with zapping it, except that
+ it's kind of nice to know which variables are dead. My nose
+ tells me to keep this information as robustly as possible.
+
+The Maybe (Id,CoreExpr) passed to occAnalAlt is the extra let-binding
+{x=b}; it's Nothing if the binder-swap doesn't happen.
+
+Note [Case of cast]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Consider case (x `cast` co) of b { I# ->
+ ... (case (x `cast` co) of {...}) ...
+We'd like to eliminate the inner case. That is the motivation for
+equation (2) in Note [Binder swap]. When we get to the inner case, we
+inline x, cancel the casts, and away we go.
+
+Note [Binders in case alternatives]
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Consider
+ case x of y { (a,b) -> f y }
+We treat 'a', 'b' as dead, because they don't physically occur in the
+case alternative. (Indeed, a variable is dead iff it doesn't occur in
+its scope in the output of OccAnal.) This invariant is It really
+helpe to know when binders are unused. See esp the call to
+isDeadBinder in Simplify.mkDupableAlt
+
+In this example, though, the Simplifier will bring 'a' and 'b' back to
+life, beause it binds 'y' to (a,b) (imagine got inlined and
+scrutinised y).
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