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[Bug]: `isIntrinsicType` returns true for types that extend an intrinsic.
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Description
### Describe the bug
The function `isIntrinsicType` (undocumented) in the compiler returns `true` for any type that _is assignable to_ the STL scalar of the same name. This is confusing because the function name implies that it returns true if the input type _IS_ the intrinsic type, not an extension of or assignable to it.
This is not a compiler public API function.
### Reproduction
```ts
const { A } = await runner.compile(`
@test
scalar A extends string;
`);
isIntrinsicType(runner.program, A, "string"); // true!
```
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