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Tuple (and other exotic predicates) not yet handled in Template Haskell

Say I make the following declarations:

{-# LANGUAGE ConstraintKinds #-}

type IOable a = (Show a, Read a)

foo :: IOable a => a
foo = undefined

It is currently impossible to reify foo in Template Haskell. This also comes up when using nested lists of constraints in Template Haskell quotes.

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Version 7.5
Type FeatureRequest
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Component Template Haskell
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