ERROR: syntax: expected identifier after "const" when loading Distributions.jl

[randy3k]

I am on the latest commit.

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julia> using Distributions
ERROR: syntax: expected identifier after "const"
 in include at boot.jl:244 (repeats 2 times)
 in reload_path at loading.jl:152
 in _require at loading.jl:67
 in require at loading.jl:51
while loading /Users/Randy/.julia/v0.3/Distributions/src/constants.jl, in expression starting on line 7
while loading /Users/Randy/.julia/v0.3/Distributions/src/Distributions.jl, in expression starting on line 223

Then I went to Distributions/src/constants.jl and ran the following code

julia> import Base.@math_const

julia> @math_const √2     1.4142135623730950488 sqrt(big(2.))
ERROR: syntax: expected identifier after "const"

[elextr]

√ was made an operator in 97d46a8

[randy3k]

Um..I also noticed that √ is now a function.
I was trying to find when it was happened, but you found it, thanks.

[lindahua]

cc: @stevengj

[timholy]

I think this is already fixed if you do Pkg.update().

[stevengj]

Actually, √ was made a prefix operator way back in #6582.

[randy3k]

Silly me....I thought updating julia will also update the built-in packages. Thanks.

[kmsquire]

There are only a few "built-in" packages, and Distributions is not one of
them. It will commonly be installed as a dependency, however.

Cheers, Kevin

On Thursday, May 29, 2014, Randy Lai notifications@github.com wrote:

Silly me....I thought updating julia will also update the built-in
packages.

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