[GHC] #10796: Illegal data constructor name: `fromList' ... When splicing a TH expression

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#10796: Illegal data constructor name: `fromList' ... When splicing a TH expression
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        Reporter:  erisco            |                Owner:  RyanGlScott
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.0.1
       Component:  Template Haskell  |              Version:  7.8.3
      Resolution:                    |             Keywords:  newcomer
Operating System:  Unknown/Multiple  |         Architecture:
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 Type of failure:  None/Unknown      |            Test Case:
      Blocked By:                    |             Blocking:
 Related Tickets:                    |  Differential Rev(s):  Phab:D1313
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Changes (by RyanGlScott):

 * owner:   => RyanGlScott
 * differential:   => Phab:D1313


Comment:

 I can agree that it's probably not worth the effort to make such patterns
 work, especially since we'd have to convert the subpatterns to expressions
 to make this work, which would probably require a rewrite of `dataToQa`...
 I'll just stick to the `dataToExpQ` case.

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