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-XDuplicateRecordFields breaks record expression splices

{-# language TemplateHaskell #-}
{-# language DuplicateRecordFields #-}
module Lib where
import Language.Haskell.TH
import Language.Haskell.TH.Syntax

data A = A {x :: Int, y :: String}
a = A 3 "test"
test = $([e|case a of A {x = b} -> b|])

Without DuplicateRecordFields it compiles correctly so test = 3 but with DuplicateRecordFields enabled it gives:

     • Illegal variable name: ‘$sel:x:A’
      When splicing a TH expression:
        case Lib.a of
    (Lib.A {Lib.$sel:x:A = b_0}) -> b_0
    • In the untyped splice: $([| case a of { A {x = b} -> b } |])

Additionally, there doesn't seem to be a workaround for munging the name manually, since the $sel:x:A name is the one actually in scope, there is no A.x like there would be normally, even when the label is not a duplicate.

Is there a way to get around this? Ex: by changing the binding name somehow manually?

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Version 8.2.2
Type Bug
TypeOfFailure OtherFailure
Priority normal
Resolution Unresolved
Component Compiler
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