You misunderstand. The error message that I listed is fine, which is given when the file name is "Main.elm" and the module name is "xMain". The problem that I am documenting here is that when the file name is "Main.elm" and the module name is "NotMain", *no* error is given by the compiler. The module name should be forced to be "Main".
On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 3:09:02 PM UTC-5, Joey Eremondi wrote: > > I'm not sure that the problem is that the filename doesn't match the > module name, but that the module name needs to start with a capital letter. > > That's why it's a syntax error: the parser is looking for a capitalized > word, and it's not seeing one. > > Certainly the message could be more clear and better documented. > > On Tue, Aug 2, 2016 at 12:50 PM, John Bugner <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I'm running Elm 0.17.1, and the compiler doesn't care whether the *name >> given in the module declaration* of the module being compiled (with either >> elm-make or elm-reactor) matches the *file name*. >> >> However, the compiler *does* catch if the name in the module declaration >> doesn't start with a capital letter, as seen below: >> >> -- SYNTAX PROBLEM ------------------------------------------------- >> src\Main.elm >> >> I ran into something unexpected when parsing your code! >> >> 1| module xNotMain exposing (..) >> ^ >> I am looking for one of the following things: >> >> the name of this module >> whitespace >> >> >> But, if I turn `xNotMain` into `NotMain`, then the compiler succeeds, and >> the program works as intended, despite the name in the module declaration >> still not matching the file name. Note, however, that any imported modules >> *are* checked!, but *not* the "base" file itself. >> >> Where should I submit this error? >> github.com/elm-lang/error-message-catalog/issues ?. Technically it is >> not an error message, but the lack of one. >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
