Improve type safety in the RTS
The RTS must (by virtue of its job) be type unsafe, but it doesn't need to be gratuitously so. Currently, there are a lot of dubious conversions, pointer casts that cast away const, and other questionable practices.
This task covers improving the RTS's type safety.
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| Trac field | Value |
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| Version | 8.0.1 |
| Type | Task |
| TypeOfFailure | OtherFailure |
| Priority | normal |
| Resolution | Unresolved |
| Component | Runtime System |
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| CC | simonmar |
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