diff --git a/src/compiler/c_codegen.c b/src/compiler/c_codegen.c
index 03a5d7060..5a0c66575 100644
--- a/src/compiler/c_codegen.c
+++ b/src/compiler/c_codegen.c
@@ -395,6 +395,9 @@ static void c_emit_expr(GenContext *c, CValue *value, Expr *expr)
 {
 	switch (expr->expr_kind)
 	{
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT:
diff --git a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
index 6aa1dc040..4be412de4 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
+++ b/src/compiler/compiler_internal.h
@@ -3371,6 +3371,9 @@ static inline void expr_set_span(Expr *expr, SourceSpan loc)
 			return;
 		case EXPR_SPLAT:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
diff --git a/src/compiler/copying.c b/src/compiler/copying.c
index 5cc727091..b053bdf01 100644
--- a/src/compiler/copying.c
+++ b/src/compiler/copying.c
@@ -476,6 +476,9 @@ Expr *copy_expr(CopyStruct *c, Expr *source_expr)
 		case EXPR_SPLAT:
 		case EXPR_STRINGIFY:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
diff --git a/src/compiler/enums.h b/src/compiler/enums.h
index 319316e3f..53f3e49e3 100644
--- a/src/compiler/enums.h
+++ b/src/compiler/enums.h
@@ -546,9 +546,6 @@ typedef enum
 	CAST_BSBOOL,
 	CAST_ERROR,
 	CAST_EUER,
-	CAST_SLARR,
-	CAST_VECARR,
-	CAST_EXPVEC,
 } CastKind;
 
 typedef enum
@@ -757,6 +754,9 @@ typedef enum
 	EXPR_DESIGNATOR,
 	EXPR_DISCARD,
 	EXPR_EMBED,
+	EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY,
+	EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY,
+	EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR,
 	EXPR_EXPRESSION_LIST,
 	EXPR_EXPR_BLOCK,
 	EXPR_FORCE_UNWRAP,
diff --git a/src/compiler/expr.c b/src/compiler/expr.c
index 4746f760f..cfa27c99a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/expr.c
@@ -83,6 +83,9 @@ bool expr_may_addr(Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_BENCHMARK_HOOK:
 		case EXPR_TEST_HOOK:
 		case EXPR_VECTOR_FROM_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_FLOAT_TO_INT:
@@ -212,6 +215,9 @@ bool expr_is_runtime_const(Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
 		case EXPR_PTR_TO_INT:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 			return expr_is_runtime_const(expr->inner_expr);
 		case EXPR_MAKE_ANY:
 			if (!expr_is_runtime_const(expr->make_any_expr.typeid)) return false;
@@ -366,13 +372,8 @@ static inline bool expr_cast_is_runtime_const(Expr *expr)
 		case CAST_ERROR:
 			UNREACHABLE
 		case CAST_EUER:
-		case CAST_VECARR:
-			return exprid_is_runtime_const(expr->cast_expr.expr);
 		case CAST_APTSA:
-		case CAST_EXPVEC:
-			return exprid_is_runtime_const(expr->cast_expr.expr);
 		case CAST_BSBOOL:
-		case CAST_SLARR:
 			return exprid_is_runtime_const(expr->cast_expr.expr);
 
 	}
@@ -607,6 +608,9 @@ bool expr_is_pure(Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_MAKE_ANY:
 			return expr_is_pure(expr->make_any_expr.inner) && expr_is_pure(expr->make_any_expr.typeid);
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
diff --git a/src/compiler/json_output.c b/src/compiler/json_output.c
index 92173453a..89d08fafa 100644
--- a/src/compiler/json_output.c
+++ b/src/compiler/json_output.c
@@ -277,6 +277,9 @@ void print_var_expr(FILE *file, Expr *expr)
 	    case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
 	    case EXPR_PTR_TO_INT:
 	    case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
+	    case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+	    case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+	    case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 			TODO
 		    break;
 	    case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
diff --git a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
index 18e176380..1e473e3d0 100644
--- a/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/llvm_codegen_expr.c
@@ -1284,46 +1284,6 @@ static void llvm_emit_arr_to_slice_cast(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Type *to_
 }
 
 
-void llvm_emit_vector_to_array_cast(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Type *to_type, Type *from_type)
-{
-	llvm_value_rvalue(c, value);
-	LLVMValueRef array = llvm_get_undef(c, to_type);
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < to_type->array.len; i++)
-	{
-		LLVMValueRef element = llvm_emit_extract_value(c, value->value, i);
-		array = llvm_emit_insert_value(c, array, element, i);
-	}
-	llvm_value_set(value, array, to_type);
-}
-
-
-
-void llvm_emit_slice_to_vec_array_cast(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Type *to_type, Type *from_type)
-{
-	BEValue pointer;
-	Type *base = type_lowering(from_type)->array.base;
-	AlignSize element_alignment = type_abi_alignment(base);
-	llvm_emit_slice_pointer(c, value, &pointer);
-	llvm_value_rvalue(c, &pointer);
-	LLVMTypeRef type = llvm_get_type(c, to_type);
-	AlignSize alignment = llvm_abi_alignment(c, type);
-	LLVMValueRef temp = llvm_emit_alloca(c, type, alignment, ".temp");
-	llvm_emit_memcpy(c, temp, alignment, pointer.value, element_alignment, llvm_abi_size(c, type));
-	llvm_value_set_address(value, temp, to_type, alignment);
-}
-
-void llvm_emit_expand_to_vec_cast(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Type *to_type, Type *from_type)
-{
-	llvm_value_rvalue(c, value);
-	LLVMTypeRef type = llvm_get_type(c, to_type);
-	unsigned elements = LLVMGetVectorSize(type);
-	LLVMValueRef res = LLVMGetUndef(type);
-	for (unsigned i = 0; i < elements; i++)
-	{
-		res = LLVMBuildInsertElement(c->builder, res, value->value, llvm_const_int(c, type_usz, i), "");
-	}
-	llvm_value_set(value, res, to_type);
-}
 
 
 // Prune the common occurrence where the optional is not used.
@@ -1449,20 +1409,11 @@ void llvm_emit_cast(GenContext *c, CastKind cast_kind, Expr *expr, BEValue *valu
 		case CAST_BSBOOL:
 			llvm_emit_bitstruct_to_bool(c, value, to_type, from_type);
 			return;
-		case CAST_SLARR:
-			llvm_emit_slice_to_vec_array_cast(c, value, to_type, from_type);
-			return;
-		case CAST_EXPVEC:
-			llvm_emit_expand_to_vec_cast(c, value, to_type, from_type);
-			return;
 		case CAST_ERROR:
 			UNREACHABLE
 		case CAST_APTSA:
 			llvm_emit_arr_to_slice_cast(c, value, to_type);
 			break;
-		case CAST_VECARR:
-			llvm_emit_vector_to_array_cast(c, value, to_type, from_type);
-			break;
 		case CAST_EUER:
 			REMINDER("Improve fault to err comparison");
 			break;
@@ -1560,16 +1511,6 @@ void llvm_emit_bool_cast(GenContext *c, Expr *expr, BEValue *value)
 	UNREACHABLE
 }
 
-static inline void llvm_emit_cast_expr(GenContext *context, BEValue *be_value, Expr *expr)
-{
-	llvm_emit_exprid(context, be_value, expr->cast_expr.expr);
-	llvm_emit_cast(context,
-				   expr->cast_expr.kind,
-				   expr,
-				   be_value,
-				   expr->type,
-				   exprtype(expr->cast_expr.expr));
-}
 
 
 static LLVMValueRef llvm_recursive_set_value(GenContext *c, DesignatorElement **current_element_ptr, LLVMValueRef parent, DesignatorElement **last_element_ptr, Expr *value)
@@ -7238,6 +7179,51 @@ void llvm_emit_enum_from_ord(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 	value->type = type_lowering(to_type);
 }
 
+void llvm_emit_scalar_to_vector(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
+{
+	llvm_emit_expr(c, value, expr->inner_expr);
+	llvm_value_rvalue(c, value);
+	LLVMTypeRef type = llvm_get_type(c, expr->type);
+	unsigned elements = LLVMGetVectorSize(type);
+	LLVMValueRef res = LLVMGetUndef(type);
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < elements; i++)
+	{
+		res = LLVMBuildInsertElement(c->builder, res, value->value, llvm_const_int(c, type_usz, i), "");
+	}
+	llvm_value_set(value, res, expr->type);
+}
+
+static inline void llvm_emit_vector_to_array(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
+{
+	llvm_emit_expr(c, value, expr->inner_expr);
+	llvm_value_rvalue(c, value);
+	Type *to_type = type_lowering(expr->type);
+	LLVMValueRef array = llvm_get_undef(c, to_type);
+	for (unsigned i = 0; i < to_type->array.len; i++)
+	{
+		LLVMValueRef element = llvm_emit_extract_value(c, value->value, i);
+		array = llvm_emit_insert_value(c, array, element, i);
+	}
+	llvm_value_set(value, array, to_type);
+}
+
+void llvm_emit_slice_to_vec_array(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
+{
+	llvm_emit_expr(c, value, expr->inner_expr);
+	llvm_value_rvalue(c, value);
+	BEValue pointer;
+	Type *base = value->type->array.base;
+	AlignSize element_alignment = type_abi_alignment(base);
+	llvm_emit_slice_pointer(c, value, &pointer);
+	llvm_value_rvalue(c, &pointer);
+	Type *to_type = type_lowering(expr->type);
+	LLVMTypeRef type = llvm_get_type(c, to_type);
+	AlignSize alignment = llvm_abi_alignment(c, type);
+	LLVMValueRef temp = llvm_emit_alloca(c, type, alignment, ".temp");
+	llvm_emit_memcpy(c, temp, alignment, pointer.value, element_alignment, llvm_abi_size(c, type));
+	llvm_value_set_address(value, temp, to_type, alignment);
+}
+
 void llvm_emit_expr(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 {
 	EMIT_EXPR_LOC(c, expr);
@@ -7256,6 +7242,15 @@ void llvm_emit_expr(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_MEMBER_GET:
 		case EXPR_NAMED_ARGUMENT:
 			UNREACHABLE
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+			llvm_emit_vector_to_array(c, value, expr);
+			return;
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+			llvm_emit_slice_to_vec_array(c, value, expr);
+			return;
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
+			llvm_emit_scalar_to_vector(c, value, expr);
+			return;
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 			llvm_emit_enum_from_ord(c, value, expr);
 			return;
@@ -7451,7 +7446,13 @@ void llvm_emit_expr(GenContext *c, BEValue *value, Expr *expr)
 			llvm_emit_expression_list_expr(c, value, expr);
 			return;
 		case EXPR_CAST:
-			llvm_emit_cast_expr(c, value, expr);
+			llvm_emit_exprid(c, value, expr->cast_expr.expr);
+			llvm_emit_cast(c,
+			               expr->cast_expr.kind,
+			               expr,
+			               value,
+			               expr->type,
+			               exprtype(expr->cast_expr.expr));
 			return;
 		case EXPR_BITACCESS:
 			llvm_emit_bitaccess(c, value, expr);
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_casts.c b/src/compiler/sema_casts.c
index c059bb7a7..ab6f6253a 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_casts.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_casts.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,11 @@ static void cast_expand_to_vec(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Type *type)
 	// Fold pointer casts if narrowing
 	Type *base = type_get_indexed_type(type);
 	cast_no_check(context, expr, base, IS_OPTIONAL(expr));
-	insert_runtime_cast(expr, CAST_EXPVEC, type);
+	Expr *inner = expr_copy(expr);
+	expr->expr_kind = EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR;
+	expr->inner_expr = inner;
+	expr->type = type;
+	expr->resolve_status = RESOLVE_DONE;
 }
 
 static void cast_bitstruct_to_int_arr(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Type *type) { expr_rewrite_recast(expr, type); }
@@ -1693,7 +1697,14 @@ static void cast_enum_to_int(SemaContext *context, Expr* expr, Type *to_type)
  */
 static void cast_vec_to_arr(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Type *to_type)
 {
-	if (insert_runtime_cast_unless_const(expr, CAST_VECARR, to_type)) return;
+	if (!sema_cast_const(expr))
+	{
+		expr->inner_expr = expr_copy(expr);
+		expr->expr_kind = EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY;
+		expr->type = to_type;
+		expr->resolve_status = RESOLVE_DONE;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	ASSERT0(expr->const_expr.const_kind == CONST_INITIALIZER);
 	ConstInitializer *list = expr->const_expr.initializer;
@@ -2070,7 +2081,10 @@ static void cast_slice_to_vecarr(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr, Type *to_type
 			}
 			case EXPR_SLICE:
 			{
-				insert_runtime_cast(expr, CAST_SLARR, to_type);
+				expr->inner_expr = expr_copy(expr);
+				expr->expr_kind = EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY;
+				expr->type = to_type;
+				expr->resolve_status = RESOLVE_DONE;
 				return;
 			}
 			default:
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
index ce562186c..3908a5555 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_expr.c
@@ -583,6 +583,9 @@ static bool sema_binary_is_expr_lvalue(SemaContext *context, Expr *top_expr, Exp
 		case EXPR_TYPEINFO:
 		case EXPR_VASPLAT:
 		case EXPR_VECTOR_FROM_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 			goto ERR;
 	}
 	UNREACHABLE
@@ -611,6 +614,9 @@ static bool expr_may_ref(Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_MEMBER_GET:
 		case EXPR_EXT_TRUNC:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_FLOAT_TO_INT:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT:
@@ -8991,6 +8997,9 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_analyse_ct_defined(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr
 			case EXPR_SPLAT:
 			case EXPR_EXT_TRUNC:
 			case EXPR_INT_TO_BOOL:
+			case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+			case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+			case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 			case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
 			case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 			case EXPR_SLICE_LEN:
@@ -9390,6 +9399,9 @@ static inline bool sema_analyse_expr_dispatch(SemaContext *context, Expr *expr,
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_PTR:
 		case EXPR_PTR_TO_INT:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 			UNREACHABLE
 		case EXPR_MAKE_ANY:
 			if (!sema_analyse_expr(context, expr->make_any_expr.typeid)) return false;
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c b/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
index 28ac40607..b00a562c6 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_liveness.c
@@ -329,6 +329,9 @@ RETRY:
 		case EXPR_FORCE_UNWRAP:
 		case EXPR_RETHROW:
 		case EXPR_OPTIONAL:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
 		case EXPR_ENUM_FROM_ORD:
 		case EXPR_FLOAT_TO_INT:
diff --git a/src/compiler/sema_stmts.c b/src/compiler/sema_stmts.c
index 7512198c4..c175ee931 100644
--- a/src/compiler/sema_stmts.c
+++ b/src/compiler/sema_stmts.c
@@ -764,6 +764,9 @@ static inline bool sema_expr_valid_try_expression(Expr *expr)
 		case EXPR_DEFAULT_ARG:
 		case EXPR_EXT_TRUNC:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_BOOL:
+		case EXPR_VECTOR_TO_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SLICE_TO_VEC_ARRAY:
+		case EXPR_SCALAR_TO_VECTOR:
 		case EXPR_PTR_ACCESS:
 		case EXPR_FLOAT_TO_INT:
 		case EXPR_INT_TO_FLOAT: