[GHC] #15270: TH doesn't verify name types during conversion

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#15270: TH doesn't verify name types during conversion
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        Reporter:  bgamari           |                Owner:  (none)
            Type:  bug               |               Status:  new
        Priority:  normal            |            Milestone:  8.6.1
       Component:  Template Haskell  |              Version:  8.4.3
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Comment (by bgamari):

 Interesting, I excluded my hypothesis after noticing that the following
 testcase indeed fails with a proper error:
 {{{#!hs
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}

 module T10047A where

 import Language.Haskell.TH

 -- Passing var name to conE should fail.
 x = $(conE 'id)
 }}}
 I didn't look much farther after this.

 Quite interesting that `mkNameG_v` gets around the error. Are you going to
 continue looking into this or should I add it to my queue?

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