Add a class that multiplexes two pointer types

This patch adds a pointer_mux<T1, T2> class that provides similar
functionality to:

    union { T1 *a; T2 *b; };
    ...
    bool is_b_rather_than_a;

except that the is_b_rather_than_a tag is stored in the low bit
of the pointer.  See the comments in the patch for a comparison
between the two approaches and why this one can be more efficient.

I've tried to microoptimise the class a fair bit, since a later
patch uses it extensively in order to keep the sizes of data
structures down.

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	* mux-utils.h: New file.

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