# MethodError: no method matching lift(::typeof(tuple))

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048>\
**Category:** New to Julia\
**Tags:** makie\
**Created:** [April 5, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048 "2022-04-05T13:48:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![yashi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yashi/32/19448_2.png) [@yashi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yashi)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 1:48pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/1 "2022-04-05T13:48:47Z")

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I’m trying to use [Plot Recipes](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/documentation/recipes/#plot_recipes) in Makie.

To do so, I’ve been trying to create a smallest example (which does nothing) by reading [Plot Recipes](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/documentation/recipes/#full_recipes_with_the_recipe_macro). Because, although It works like a charm, the [stock chart example](https://makie.juliaplots.org/stable/documentation/recipes/#example_stock_chart) is a bit too complex to start with.

And this is what I came up with.

```julia
using GLMakie
using Makie

@recipe(MyPlot) do scene
    Theme(
        plot_color = :red
    )
end

function Makie.plot!(myplot::MyPlot)
    myplot
end

f = Figure()
myplot(f[1,1])

```

Unfortunately, this gives me `MethodError: no method matching lift(::typeof(tuple))`.

What do I need to make the smallest recipe work?

My investigation so far:  
I’ve searched `lift()` in Makie and found that `plot!()` has it at [line 309](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/blob/master/src/interfaces.jl#L309) to create an `Observable` for `onany()`. But the `lift()` has a variable called `tuple`, which I have no idea where it came from.

In fact, `lift()` seems to be used many other places in Makie. I assume I need to read [Observables & Interaction](https://makie.juliaplots.org/dev/documentation/nodes/).

But in the Stock chart example, I only see this:

```julia
colormap = lift(Any, sc.downcolor, sc.upcolor) do dc, uc
    [dc, uc]
end

```

I’m pazzled.

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**Author:** ![jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/41988e/32.png) [@jules](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jules)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2022, 2:16pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/2 "2022-04-05T14:16:17Z")

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This is because your plot has no input arguments and that is not supposed to happen it seems. The error message comes from lift being called only with a function argument (tuple) but no observables, and I assume this is where usually positional arguments would be processed which you don’t have.

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**Author:** ![yashi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yashi/32/19448_2.png) [@yashi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yashi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:08pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/3 "2022-04-06T13:08:07Z")

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Hi jules,

Thank you for your reply. I’ve added an argument to the my minimal example and now I get

```julia
julia> myplot(f[1,1], 1)
ERROR: MethodError: no method matching draw_atomic(::GLMakie.Screen, ::Scene, ::Combined{myplot, Tuple{Int64}})
Closest candidates are:
  draw_atomic(::GLMakie.GLScreen, ::Scene, ::Union{Scatter, MeshScatter}) at ~/.julia/packages/GLMakie/TfSB1/src/drawing_primitives.jl:191
  draw_atomic(::GLMakie.GLScreen, ::Scene, ::Lines) at ~/.julia/packages/GLMakie/TfSB1/src/drawing_primitives.jl:225
  draw_atomic(::GLMakie.GLScreen, ::Scene, ::LineSegments) at ~/.julia/packages/GLMakie/TfSB1/src/drawing_primitives.jl:243

```

My minimal example is now

```julia
@recipe(MyPlot, a) do scene
    Theme(
        plot_color = :red
    )
end

function Makie.plot!(myplot::MyPlot, a)
    myplot
end

f = Figure()
myplot(f[1,1], 1)

```

I see many `draw_atomic()` in `GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl`. I’m not sure why I get the error from my example, but not from the `SockChart example`. A hint would be very much appreciated.

Now let me go back to `plot!()` in `src/interfaces.jl`. What is the argument `tuple` in `lift()`? Does Julia have a special variable call `tuple`? just like `ans`? Or is it a global variable? Why the interpreter says:

```julia
MethodError: no method matching lift(::typeof(tuple))

```

? You said

> lift being called only with a function argument (tuple)

But I don’t see `tuple` in `plot!()`.

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**Author:** ![yashi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yashi/32/19448_2.png) [@yashi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yashi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:21pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/4 "2022-04-06T13:21:15Z")

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> [@yashi](#):
>
> What is the argument `tuple` in `lift()` ?

I see now that `tuple` is the function `tuple()`. And the `lift()` line is creating a tuple from `input_nodes`.

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:39pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/5 "2022-04-06T13:39:10Z")

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I think I fixed this on Makie master, or in one of my PRs

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**Author:** ![yashi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yashi/32/19448_2.png) [@yashi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yashi)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/6 "2022-04-06T13:51:45Z")

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Hi @sdanisch,

This must be it?

[https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/pull/1776/commits/586ab121ad272a88e87f3895f26fd5847082191f](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/pull/1776/commits/586ab121ad272a88e87f3895f26fd5847082191f)

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [April 6, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/7 "2022-04-06T14:27:35Z")

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Yes!

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**Author:** ![yashi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/yashi/32/19448_2.png) [@yashi](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/yashi)\
**Post date:** [April 7, 2022, 12:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/8 "2022-04-07T12:17:50Z")

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Trying to test the commit above but I can’t run the following simple script on master REPL. (I’m pasting the error message at the end.)

Git bisect showed me that the commit `432b8ab0b` is the first one to fail. But there are a few other commits on top of it in the master branch, so I’m assuming I’m doing something wrong.

```julia
using Makie
using GLMakie
lines(1:10, rand(10))

```

The error occurs with both 1.7.2 and 1.8.0-beta3

[https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/commit/432b8ab0b560e9acc0a2da4f1f0dddeadd3ae7c2](https://github.com/JuliaPlots/Makie.jl/commit/432b8ab0b560e9acc0a2da4f1f0dddeadd3ae7c2)

1.7.2

```julia
Error showing value of type Makie.FigureAxisPlot:
ERROR: Space screen not recognized. Must be one of (:data, :pixel, :relative, :clip)
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base ./error.jl:33
  [2] space_to_clip
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/camera/projection_math.jl:324 [inlined]
  [3] space_to_clip
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/camera/projection_math.jl:315 [inlined]
  [4] (::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera})(s::Symbol, ms::Symbol, pv::StaticArrays.SMatrix{4, 4, Float32, 16}, res::Vec{2, Float32})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:384
  [5] map(::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Observables ~/.julia/packages/Observables/OFj0u/src/Observables.jl:477
  [6] map(::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{StaticArrays.SMatrix{4, 4, Float32, 16}}, ::Vararg{Any})
    @ Observables ~/.julia/packages/Observables/OFj0u/src/Observables.jl:466
  [7] (::GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}})(gl_attributes::Dict{Symbol, Any})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:383
  [8] (::GLMakie.var"#103#106"{GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, GLMakie.Screen, Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}})()
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:107
  [9] get!(default::GLMakie.var"#103#106"{GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, GLMakie.Screen, Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, h::Dict{UInt64, GLMakie.GLAbstraction.RenderObject}, key::UInt64)
    @ Base ./dict.jl:464
 [10] cached_robj!(robj_func::GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene, x::MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:85
 [11] draw_atomic
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:304 [inlined]
 [12] insert!
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:121 [inlined]
 [13] (::GLMakie.var"#109#110"{GLMakie.Screen, Scene})(x::MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:126
 [14] foreach(f::GLMakie.var"#109#110"{GLMakie.Screen, Scene}, itr::Vector{AbstractPlot})
    @ Base ./abstractarray.jl:2694
 [15] insert!(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene, x::Combined)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:123
 [16] insertplots!(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/screen.jl:56
 [17] backend_display(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/display.jl:18
 [18] backend_display
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/display.jl:4 [inlined]
 [19] display(scene::Scene)
    @ Makie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:59
 [20] #display#910
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:53 [inlined]
 [21] display
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:53 [inlined]
 [22] #display#909
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:52 [inlined]
 [23] display(fap::Makie.FigureAxisPlot)
    @ Makie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:52
 [24] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:716 [inlined]
 [25] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:714 [inlined]
 [26] print_response(errio::IO, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool, specialdisplay::Union{Nothing, AbstractDisplay})
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:293
 [27] (::REPL.var"#45#46"{REPL.LineEditREPL, Pair{Any, Bool}, Bool, Bool})(io::Any)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:277
 [28] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:510
 [29] print_response(repl::REPL.AbstractREPL, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:275
 [30] (::REPL.var"#do_respond#66"{Bool, Bool, REPL.var"#77#87"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLHistoryProvider}, REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::Any, ok::Bool)
 [31] (::REPL.var"#82#92"{Regex, Int64, Int64, Int64, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, ::Any, ::Vararg{Any})
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1174
 [32] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:716 [inlined]
 [33] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:714 [inlined]
 [34] (::REPL.LineEdit.var"#25#26"{REPL.var"#82#92"{Regex, Int64, Int64, Int64, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt}, String})(s::Any, p::Any)
    @ REPL.LineEdit ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:1466
 [35] prompt!(term::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, prompt::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2586
 [36] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2488
 [37] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.7.2/share/julia/stdlib/v1.7/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1232
 [38] (::REPL.var"#49#54"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
    @ REPL ./task.jl:423

```

1.8.0-beta3

```julia
Error showing value of type Makie.FigureAxisPlot:
ERROR: Space screen not recognized. Must be one of (:data, :pixel, :relative, :clip)
Stacktrace:
  [1] error(s::String)
    @ Base ./error.jl:35
  [2] space_to_clip
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/camera/projection_math.jl:324 [inlined]
  [3] space_to_clip
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/camera/projection_math.jl:315 [inlined]
  [4] (::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera})(s::Symbol, ms::Symbol, pv::StaticArrays.SMatrix{4, 4, Float32, 16}, res::Vec{2, Float32})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:384
  [5] map(::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Vararg{Any}; kwargs::Base.Pairs{Symbol, Union{}, Tuple{}, NamedTuple{(), Tuple{}}})
    @ Observables ~/.julia/packages/Observables/OFj0u/src/Observables.jl:477
  [6] map(::GLMakie.var"#143#154"{Camera}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{Symbol}, ::Observable{StaticArrays.SMatrix{4, 4, Float32, 16}}, ::Vararg{Any})
    @ Observables ~/.julia/packages/Observables/OFj0u/src/Observables.jl:466
  [7] (::GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}})(gl_attributes::Dict{Symbol, Any})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:383
  [8] (::GLMakie.var"#103#106"{GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, GLMakie.Screen, Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}})()
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:107
  [9] get!(default::GLMakie.var"#103#106"{GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, GLMakie.Screen, Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, h::Dict{UInt64, GLMakie.GLAbstraction.RenderObject}, key::UInt64)
    @ Base ./dict.jl:481
 [10] cached_robj!(robj_func::GLMakie.var"#133#144"{Scene, MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}}}, screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene, x::MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:85
 [11] draw_atomic
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:304 [inlined]
 [12] insert!
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:121 [inlined]
 [13] (::GLMakie.var"#109#110"{GLMakie.Screen, Scene})(x::MakieCore.Text{Tuple{Makie.GlyphCollection}})
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:126
 [14] foreach(f::GLMakie.var"#109#110"{GLMakie.Screen, Scene}, itr::Vector{AbstractPlot})
    @ Base ./abstractarray.jl:2769
 [15] insert!(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene, x::Combined)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/drawing_primitives.jl:123
 [16] insertplots!(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/screen.jl:56
 [17] backend_display(screen::GLMakie.Screen, scene::Scene)
    @ GLMakie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/display.jl:18
 [18] backend_display
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/GLMakie/src/display.jl:4 [inlined]
 [19] display(scene::Scene)
    @ Makie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:59
 [20] #display#910
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:53 [inlined]
 [21] display
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:53 [inlined]
 [22] #display#909
    @ ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:52 [inlined]
 [23] display(fap::Makie.FigureAxisPlot)
    @ Makie ~/.julia/dev/Makie/src/display.jl:52
 [24] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:729 [inlined]
 [25] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:727 [inlined]
 [26] print_response(errio::IO, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool, specialdisplay::Union{Nothing, AbstractDisplay})
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:296
 [27] (::REPL.var"#45#46"{REPL.LineEditREPL, Pair{Any, Bool}, Bool, Bool})(io::Any)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:278
 [28] with_repl_linfo(f::Any, repl::REPL.LineEditREPL)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:521
 [29] print_response(repl::REPL.AbstractREPL, response::Any, show_value::Bool, have_color::Bool)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:276
 [30] (::REPL.var"#do_respond#66"{Bool, Bool, REPL.var"#77#87"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLHistoryProvider}, REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.LineEdit.Prompt})(s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState, buf::Any, ok::Bool)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:857
 [31] #invokelatest#2
    @ ./essentials.jl:729 [inlined]
 [32] invokelatest
    @ ./essentials.jl:727 [inlined]
 [33] run_interface(terminal::REPL.Terminals.TextTerminal, m::REPL.LineEdit.ModalInterface, s::REPL.LineEdit.MIState)
    @ REPL.LineEdit ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/LineEdit.jl:2509
 [34] run_frontend(repl::REPL.LineEditREPL, backend::REPL.REPLBackendRef)
    @ REPL ~/julia-1.8.0-beta3/share/julia/stdlib/v1.8/REPL/src/REPL.jl:1248
 [35] (::REPL.var"#49#54"{REPL.LineEditREPL, REPL.REPLBackendRef})()
    @ REPL ./task.jl:482

```

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**Author:** ![sdanisch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/sdanisch/32/1406_2.png) [@sdanisch](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/sdanisch)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 11:10am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/methoderror-no-method-matching-lift-typeof-tuple/79048/9 "2022-04-12T11:10:35Z")

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You need to add MakieCore from that commit as well