Error or warning when opening directory test data

[xcasas]

Hi!

I just got this error when opening the test data in Tycoon. If I click ok everything still works though.

[alexriss]

Thanks for the report. This error occurs when opening the directory? First open? Or re-open? It does not happen on my system. Can you paste the whole error stack from the console window? Also, which OS and julia version do you use?

I somehow suspect it is related to a third-party package I am using (I only use the convert function once - for conversion of old database formats, and it seems very unlikely that this was needed in your case). So, you can also try updating all packages in julia: press julia> ] to change into package manager, then type pkg> up.

[xcasas]

Yes sorry!

Julia version 1.8.0. This is what I get in the console:

julia> tycoon()

julia> Parsed 22 files and created 22 items in 17 milliseconds.
MethodError: convert(::Type{Union{}}, ::String) is ambiguous. Candidates:
convert(T::Type{<:FilePathsBase.AbstractPath}, x::AbstractString) in FilePathsBase at C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\FilePathsBase\dVWLK\src\path.jl:116
convert(::Type{T}, s::AbstractString) where T<:AbstractString in Base at strings/basic.jl:232
convert(::Type{Union{}}, x) in Base at essentials.jl:213
convert(::Type{T}, x) where T<:Observables.Observable in Observables at C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Observables\ynr7h\src\Observables.jl:125
convert(::Type{T}, arg) where T<:VecElement in Base at baseext.jl:19
Possible fix, define
convert(::Type{Union{}}, ::AbstractString)
MethodError: convert(::Type{Union{}}, ::String) is ambiguous. Candidates:
convert(T::Type{<:FilePathsBase.AbstractPath}, x::AbstractString) in FilePathsBase at C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\FilePathsBase\dVWLK\src\path.jl:116
convert(::Type{T}, s::AbstractString) where T<:AbstractString in Base at strings/basic.jl:232
convert(::Type{Union{}}, x) in Base at essentials.jl:213
convert(::Type{T}, x) where T<:Observables.Observable in Observables at C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Observables\ynr7h\src\Observables.jl:125
convert(::Type{T}, arg) where T<:VecElement in Base at baseext.jl:19
Possible fix, define
convert(::Type{Union{}}, ::AbstractString)
Stacktrace:
[1] pushfirst!(a::Vector{Union{}}, item::String)
@ Base .\array.jl:1389
[2] save_config(new_directory::String)
@ SpmImageTycoon C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\SpmImageTycoon\0MqP6\src\config.jl:263
[3] load_directory(dir_data::String, w::Blink.AtomShell.Window)
@ SpmImageTycoon C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\SpmImageTycoon\0MqP6\src\SpmImageTycoon.jl:611
[4] (::SpmImageTycoon.var"#73#76"{Blink.AtomShell.Window, ReentrantLock})(arg::String)
@ SpmImageTycoon C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\SpmImageTycoon\0MqP6\src\event_handlers.jl:292
[5] #invokelatest#2
@ .\essentials.jl:729 [inlined]
[6] invokelatest
@ .\essentials.jl:726 [inlined]
[7] handle_message(o::Blink.Page, m::Dict{String, Any})
@ Blink C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Blink\mwJC9\src\rpc\callbacks.jl:7
[8] macro expansion
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Lazy\9Xnd3\src\macros.jl:268 [inlined]
[9] ws_handler(req::Dict{Any, Any})
@ Blink C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Blink\mwJC9\src\content\server.jl:56
[10] splitquery(app::typeof(Blink.ws_handler), req::Dict{Any, Any})
@ Mux C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\basics.jl:31
[11] #1
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\Mux.jl:10 [inlined]
[12] wcatch(app::Mux.var"#1#2"{typeof(Mux.splitquery), typeof(Blink.ws_handler)}, req::Dict{Any, Any})
@ Mux C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\websockets_integration.jl:12
[13] #1
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\Mux.jl:10 [inlined]
[14] todict
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\basics.jl:25 [inlined]
[15] #3 (repeats 2 times)
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\Mux.jl:14 [inlined]
[16] (::Mux.var"#1#2"{Mux.var"#3#4"{Mux.var"#3#4"{typeof(Mux.todict), typeof(Mux.wcatch)}, typeof(Mux.splitquery)}, typeof(Blink.ws_handler)})(x::Tuple{HTTP.Messages.Request, WebSockets.WebSocket{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
@ Mux C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\Mux.jl:10
[17] (::Mux.var"#9#10"{Mux.App})(req::HTTP.Messages.Request, client::WebSockets.WebSocket{Sockets.TCPSocket})
@ Mux C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\Mux\3h8RY\src\server.jl:49
[18] upgrade(f::Mux.var"#9#10"{Mux.App}, stream::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request, HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
@ WebSockets C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\WebSockets\QcswW\src\HTTP.jl:201
[19] (::WebSockets.var"#_servercoroutine#11"{WebSockets.ServerWS})(stream::HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request, HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}})
@ WebSockets C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\WebSockets\QcswW\src\HTTP.jl:370
[20] macro expansion
@ C:\Users\xavie.julia\packages\HTTP\aTjcj\src\Servers.jl:415 [inlined]
[21] (::HTTP.Servers.var"#13#14"{WebSockets.var"#_servercoroutine#11"{WebSockets.ServerWS}, HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}, HTTP.Servers.Server{Nothing, Sockets.TCPServer}, HTTP.Streams.Stream{HTTP.Messages.Request, HTTP.ConnectionPool.Transaction{Sockets.TCPSocket}}})()
@ HTTP.Servers .\task.jl:484

[xcasas]

and it occurs when I open the directory, already the first time I do it. But also the following ones.

[xcasas]

I tried updating the packages but the error persists

[alexriss]

I could not reproduce the error on windows, nor on Linux/WSL. However, I think I know where it came from, and I have released an update. You can update all packages as explained above - this time it should update SpmImageTycoon to version 0.3.7. Then restart julia and run the app (you can double-check the version in the app by clicking "About").
Please see if this fixes the error. Thanks!

[xcasas]

It worked !

[alexriss]

Great, thanks for the help. And yes, it was in my code.... 😃