Error on "using ROOT"

[cshimmin]

I tried installing ROOT.jl following the instructions in the README. Everything went fine up until the Pkg.test("ROOT") step, which gives the following error:

INFO: Testing ROOT
ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression =>
 in include at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in include_from_node1 at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in reload_path at loading.jl:152
 in _require at loading.jl:67
 in require at loading.jl:51
 in include at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in include_from_node1 at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in include at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in include_from_node1 at loading.jl:128
 in process_options at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in _start at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
while loading /Users/cshimmin/.julia/v0.3/ROOT/src/ROOT.jl, in expression starting on line 136
while loading /Users/cshimmin/.julia/v0.3/ROOT/test/thist.jl, in expression starting on line 1
while loading /Users/cshimmin/.julia/v0.3/ROOT/test/runtests.jl, in expression starting on line 1

=======================================================================[ ERROR: ROOT ]========================================================================

failed process: Process(`/usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/bin/julia /Users/cshimmin/.julia/v0.3/ROOT/test/runtests.jl`, ProcessExited(1)) [1]

==============================================================================================================================================================
INFO: No packages to install, update or remove
ERROR: ROOT had test errors
 in error at error.jl:21
 in test at pkg/entry.jl:718
 in anonymous at pkg/dir.jl:28
 in cd at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in cd at pkg/dir.jl:28
 in test at pkg.jl:67

I also tried running the command using ROOT from the julia interpreter, and get essentially the same error:

ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression =>
 in include at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in include_from_node1 at /usr/local/Cellar/julia/0.3.6_1/lib/julia/sys.dylib
 in reload_path at loading.jl:152
 in _require at loading.jl:67
 in require at loading.jl:51
while loading /Users/cshimmin/.julia/v0.3/ROOT/src/ROOT.jl, in expression starting on line 136

I'm using julia 0.3.6 and ROOT v5.34/22.

[jpata]

Thanks for reporting. Currently we rely on new syntax introduced in Julia 0.4 for dict comprehension. I suggest switching to v0.4 as there are many other useful updates. If it is not possible, I will prepare a v0.3 branch.

[cshimmin]

Ah, thanks for responding. It was not clear from the README that julia v0.4 was required, perhaps you could add a note about it?

I am a complete julia novice and I have no ties to v0.3. I'll upgrade and give it another try, thanks!

[cshimmin]

I tried again with a v0.4 build, and it worked! Thanks again.

[jpata]

I updated the readme. Let me know if there are additional issues. Thanks again for reporting.