How do I compile using the nightly build of the Solidity compiler

Question

Using the Remix IDE, I'd like to try out some of the new features of Solidity by using the nightly compiler build, but it's giving me a wrong compiler error.

When I try

pragma solidity 0.6.0;

//...

while using version 0.6.0-nightly.2019.3.11+commit.4704ef84.Emscripten.clang

I get the error: ParserError: Source file requires different compiler version (current compiler is 0.6.0-nightly.2019.3.11+commit.4704ef84.Emscripten.clang - note that nightly builds are considered to be strictly less than the released version

trying pragma solidity ^0.5.7; works but then I cant try the new features.

Answer 1

(Just to ensure the answer in the comments doesn't go missing at some point.)

You should be able to do this using:

pragma solidity >0.5.8 <0.6.0;

The error is basically saying that a nightly 0.6.0-nightly.xxx... isn't actually 0.6.0 proper (i.e. 0.6.0 doesn't actually exist yet). So you want to force the use of something lower than 0.6.0, but higher than the previous major version.