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Broken pattern replacement on partial error message #1556

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opened on Dec 29, 2021

Program: https://code.world/#PPr2AJJjIHN5eZkrDrPBO8Q

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program.hs:1:19-22: error: 
    Variable not in scope: text :: Text
    Perhaps you meant to put quotation marks around this text. -> Picture

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    changed the title [-]User-reported unhelpful error message[/-] on Dec 29, 2021

  3. cdsmith commented on Dec 29, 2021

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    on Dec 29, 2021
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    The variable not in scope has type Text -> Picture, but the rewriter sees foo :: Text and ends up missing the -> Picture but, leaving a very confusingly mangled message.

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