Parse error in Graphics.Element (elm-lang/core 3.0.0)

[daveyarwood]

When trying to run elm-test in a project using elm-lang/core 3.0.0, I got this parse error:

Error in package elm-lang/core 3.0.0 in module Graphics.Element:

Parse error at (line 143, column 43):
unexpected ","
expecting field access (e.g. List.map), whitespace, a newline, "-", basic term (4, x, 'c', etc.), infix operator or closing bracket '}'


This error is probably due to bad version bounds. You should definitely
inform the maintainer of elm-lang/core to get this fixed.

The problematic line appears to be on this line in Graphics.Element, the comma right after newWidth.

I'm new to Elm -- what's the issue with that comma?

[jvoigtlaender]

Which version of Elm are you using? I suspect, something too old.

[jvoigtlaender]

Which version of Elm are you using? I suspect, something too old.

[daveyarwood]

$ elm
Elm Platform 0.16.0 - a way to run all Elm tools
...

[daveyarwood]

$ elm
Elm Platform 0.16.0 - a way to run all Elm tools
...

[jvoigtlaender]

But your call of elm-test, which Elm version is that calling?

[jvoigtlaender]

But your call of elm-test, which Elm version is that calling?

[daveyarwood]

A-ha! I think it was calling an older version of Elm that I installed a long time ago via cabal -- ~/.cabal/bin is ahead of /usr/local/bin in my $PATH so it must have been using the older version. I just ran rm ~/.cabal/bin/elm* and re-ran elm-test and now it's working 👍

Thanks!

[daveyarwood]

A-ha! I think it was calling an older version of Elm that I installed a long time ago via cabal -- ~/.cabal/bin is ahead of /usr/local/bin in my $PATH so it must have been using the older version. I just ran rm ~/.cabal/bin/elm* and re-ran elm-test and now it's working 👍

Thanks!