Improve satisfies semantics: return never when target type is never

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PR: Make satisfies Narrow to never When Target Type Is never

Issue---> #62807 — "Switch doesn't narrow type when type isn't a discriminated union"

This PR updates the TypeScript compiler so that a satisfies expression produces the type never when its target type is exactly the intrinsic never type. This allows patterns like:
assertNever(foo satisfies never);

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[MartinJohns]

Won't this change allow foo satisfies never when foo does not satisfy never?

[RyanCavanaugh]

I don't understand the goal here and this isn't an approved change. In foo satisfies never, if foo isn't never, the program already has an error, so this doesn't change whether or not the line assertNever(foo satisfies never) has an error, and it's not clear why you'd write assertNever(foo satisfies never) in the first place -- assertNever(foo) is equivalent.