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Confusing error when using `simd_masked_load` with the wrong type

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I tried this code:

#![feature(portable_simd, platform_intrinsics, adt_const_params, core_intrinsics)]
#![allow(incomplete_features, internal_features)]
use std::intrinsics::simd as intrinsics;
use std::ptr;
use std::simd::prelude::*;

pub fn simd_masked_loadstore() {
    let val = 42u8;
    let ptrs: Simd<*const u8, 4> =
        Simd::from_array([ptr::null(), ptr::addr_of!(val), ptr::addr_of!(val), ptr::addr_of!(val)]);
    let default = i8x4::splat(0);
    let mask = i8x4::from_array([0, !0, 0, !0]);
    let vals = unsafe { intrinsics::simd_masked_load(mask, ptrs, default) };
    assert_eq!(vals, i8x4::from_array([0, 42, 0, 42]),);
}

This errors, saying:

error[E0511]: invalid monomorphization of `simd_masked_load` intrinsic:
expected element type `i8` of second argument `std::simd::Simd<*const u8, 4>`
to be a pointer to the element type `i8` of the first argument `std::simd::Simd<i8, 4>`, found `i8` != `*_ i8`

However, the second argument has element type *const u8, even though the error says it has element type i8.

Actually the second argument should be a pointer. So talking about its "element type" doesn't even make a ton of sense.

Cc @farnoy

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Start by compiling the provided Rust reproduction and inspect the diagnostic path for the simd_masked_load intrinsic. Done means the error accurately describes the pointer argument and avoids misleadingly calling its pointee type the argument's element type.

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