updating records syntax

[Samuel Walladge]

I'm new to elm, and was experimenting with updating records today. Noticed something that seemed a bit strange - the elm compiler doesn't accept updating a record where you specify the record you want to update with `{ myRecord.myNestedRecord | ... }` (syntax error).

I've attached an example file displaying this behaviour. `example5` and `example6` don't compile. What I'm wondering is, should they compile based on the elm language specification? And, for example 5, when you want to update a nested record, is that nested syntax a good way to go about it, or is there a neater way?

For reference, this is the error I get when compiling:

-- SYNTAX PROBLEM ----------------------------------------------------- Test.elm

I ran into something unexpected when parsing your code!

24| example6 = { myRecord.user | name = "John" }
 ^
I am looking for one of the following things:

 "'"
 "|"
 an equals sign '='
 more letters in this name
 whitespace

Detected errors in 1 module.

Thanks.

[Dustin Farris]

There is ongoing discussion around this.  You might consider posting your specific scenario here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/elm-discuss/record%7Csort:relevance/elm-discuss/oWfARte8DJU/6eUvmL-jAwAJ

Dustin

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