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[IR] Add initial support for the byte type (#178666)
Following the [byte type RFC](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-add-a-new-byte-type-to-llvm-ir/89522)
and the discussions within the [LLVM IR Formal Specification WG](https://discourse.llvm.org/t/rfc-forming-a-working-group-on-formal-specification-for-llvm/89056), this PR introduces initial support for the byte type in LLVM. This PR:
- Adds the byte type to LLVM's type system
- Extends the `bitcast` instruction to accept the byte operands
- Adds parsing tests for all new functionality
- Fixes failing regressions tests (IR2Vec and IRNormalizer)

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Co-authored-by: George Mitenkov <georgemitenk0v@gmail.com>
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