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Merge pull request #9754 from 9999years/print-value-when-coercion-fails

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Print the value in `error: cannot coerce` messages
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synopsis: Coercion errors include the failing value
issues: #561
prs: #9754
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The `error: cannot coerce a <TYPE> to a string` message now includes the value
which caused the error.
Before:
```
error: cannot coerce a set to a string
```
After:
```
error: cannot coerce a set to a string: { aesSupport = «thunk»;
avx2Support = «thunk»; avx512Support = «thunk»; avxSupport = «thunk»;
canExecute = «thunk»; config = «thunk»; darwinArch = «thunk»; darwinMinVersion
= «thunk»; darwinMinVersionVariable = «thunk»; darwinPlatform = «thunk»; «84
attributes elided»}
```