Syntax error when using the new constructor syntax

From solidity v0.4.22 onwards, the new syntax for constructors is:

pragma solidity ^0.4.23;
contract MyContract {
    constructor() public {
        // initialize things
    }
}

The previous version using the contract’s name is now deprecated:

pragma solidity ^0.4.23;
contract MyContract {
    function MyContract() public {
        // initialize things
    }
}

On VSCode using this extension, I get the following error when using the new syntax: ParserError: Expected identifier, got 'LParen' constructor() public { ^.

When compiling my contracts with solc directly or with truffle I get deprecation warnings when using the old syntax, and the new one works well.

[juanfranblanco]

It has been upgraded and released now. Please reopen if you see any issues. Thanks again @duaraghav8 !!

[juanfranblanco]

@tsauvajon that is an issue with the linter https://github.com/duaraghav8/Solium/issues/198. I’ll keep this open to update it ASAP as it gets added to solium.