Can't use constructor() when deploying a contract from ethereum wallet

Question

Take the following code:

pragma solidity 0.4.24;

contract TestCoin {
    mapping(address => uint256) public balanceOf;
    uint256 public totalSupply;

    constructor(uint256 initialSupply) public {
        totalSupply = initialSupply;
        balanceOf[msg.sender] = totalSupply;
    }
}

This code works fine locally and works fine in Remix. But when trying to deploy this contract from the Ethereum wallet I get the following error:

     Could not compile source code. 
Expected identifier, got 'eth_compileSolidity'
    constructor(uint256 initialSupply) public {
               ^

This question was already asked here, Expected identifier, got 'eth_compileSolidity' constructor () public {. The question was never actually answered but the person who asked the question apparently fixed it.

Answer 1

I have figured out the answer.

The Ethereum wallet comes bundled with a Solidity compiler. I'm using version 0.10.0 of the Ethereum wallet. The bundled compiler seems to come with support for version 0.4.21 of Solidity.

However the use of the constructor() keyword was not introduced until version 0.4.22.

So if you're experiencing the same issue as me, change your code to resemble:

pragma solidity 0.4.21;

contract TestCoin {
    mapping(address => uint256) public balanceOf;
    uint256 public totalSupply;

    function TestCoin(uint256 initialSupply) public {
    totalSupply = initialSupply;
    balanceOf[msg.sender] = totalSupply;
  }
}