During the compilation of programs GHC very frequently deals with
the `Type` type, which is a synonym of `TYPE 'LiftedRep`. This patch
teaches GHC to avoid expanding the `Type` synonym (and other nullary
type synonyms) during type comparisons, saving a good amount of work.
This optimisation is described in `Note [Comparing nullary type
synonyms]`.

To maximize the impact of this optimisation, we introduce a few
special-cases to reduce `TYPE 'LiftedRep` to `Type`. See
`Note [Prefer Type over TYPE 'LiftedPtrRep]`.

Closes #17958.

Metric Decrease:
   T18698b
   T1969
   T12227
   T12545
   T12707
   T14683
   T3064
   T5631
   T5642
   T9020
   T9630
   T9872a
   T13035
   haddock.Cabal
   haddock.base