lookupRdrNameInModuleForPlugins with constructors

[Andrew Farmer]

mkVarUnqual calls mkVarOccFS, which constructs an OccName in the
varName namespace. You need to construct your RdrName via mkTyVarOcc,
which picks the Type/Class namespace.

On Tue, Mar 22, 2016 at 5:09 PM, Conal Elliott <conal at conal.net> wrote:
> I'm trying to construct a dictionary in a GHC plugin. I'm stuck on finding
> the constructor for the dictionary. When I use `-ddump-simpl` on the module
> that defines the class, I see "Circat.Rep.C:HasRep". To try finding that
> constructor, I say
>
>> lookupRdrNameInModuleForPlugins hsc_env
>>   (mkModuleName "Circat.Rep") (mkVarUnqual "C:HasRep")
>
> However, I keep getting `Nothing` as a result. (Same without the "C:".) I've
> also had this same difficulty when looking up constructors for algebraic
> data types and when looking up TyCons. For regular value Ids, lookup
> succeeds.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks, - Conal
>
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