Template Haskell reification with mkName doesn't work right

Marc Weber writes: this doesn't work:

-- packages: template-haskell
{-# OPTIONS_GHC -XTemplateHaskell #-}
module Main where
import Language.Haskell.TH

data A a = A a

type C = A Int

data ABC = ABC Int

$(do
  a <- reify $ mkName "C"
  report False $ show a
  return []
  )
main = print ""

Produces output

|| [1 of 1] Compiling Main             ( test.hs, test.o )
||
test.hs|1| `C' is not in scope at a reify

Using mkName "A" results in

test.hs|1 error|
||     DataConI Main.A (ForallT [a_1627391370] [] (AppT (AppT ArrowT (VarT a_1627391370)) (AppT (ConT Main.A) (VarT a_1627391370)))) Main.A (Fixity 9 InfixL)

as expected

Why do I need it? I'd like to implement kind of very basic relational data representation the way IxSet is doing it but without dynamics..

It will look like this:

type CDs = Table (Autoinc, Artist, Title, Year) -- col types
                 (Artist, Title, Year) -- keys
                 () -- is detail of
type Tracks = Table (Autoinc, Title, RecordingDate)
                    (Title, RecordingDate)
                    (CDs)
$(mkDB ["CDs","Tracks"])

To be able to automatically derive

insert{CDs,Tracks}
delete{CDs,Tracks}
update{CDs,Tracks}

functions I need to get information about those types.. Is this possible?

Thanks Marc Weber

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Trac field	Value
Version	6.8.2
Type	Bug
TypeOfFailure	OtherFailure
Priority	normal
Resolution	Unresolved
Component	Template Haskell
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