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author | Nadrieril | 2019-05-07 18:12:04 +0200 |
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committer | Nadrieril | 2019-05-07 18:12:04 +0200 |
commit | 3da450aa3fae23214aa982643b9bc4dd0ea4eaa6 (patch) | |
tree | 02e00cd008d2e7dc899b9211379596fe792f41c8 /dhall/src/error/text/NotARecord.txt | |
parent | d8a3e831fb67f86269c4baa99f9f0798a73a7247 (diff) | |
parent | 14dfeb8e7d2aa87a361a711a485243449426b144 (diff) |
Merge branch 'reorganize'
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diff --git a/dhall/src/error/text/NotARecord.txt b/dhall/src/error/text/NotARecord.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e0eebc8 --- /dev/null +++ b/dhall/src/error/text/NotARecord.txt @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Explanation: You can only access fields on records, like this: + + + ┌─────────────────────────────────┐ + │ { foo = True, bar = "ABC" }.foo │ This is valid ... + └─────────────────────────────────┘ + + + ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ + │ λ(r : { foo : Bool, bar : Text }) → r.foo │ ... and so is this + └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ + + +... but you cannot access fields on non-record expressions + +For example, the following expression is $_NOT valid: + + + ┌───────┐ + │ 1.foo │ + └───────┘ + ⇧ + Invalid: Not a record + + +You tried to access a field named: + +↳ $txt0 + +... on the following expression which is not a record: + +↳ $txt1 + +... but is actually an expression of type: + +↳ $txt2 + +Some common reasons why you might get this error: + +● You accidentally try to access a field of a union instead of a record, like + this: + + + ┌─────────────────┐ + │ < foo : a >.foo │ + └─────────────────┘ + ⇧ + This is a union, not a record |