NodeMCU-12E compilation error

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Please help!

I'm guessing this is a library issue. I get this error message on many codes I find online to try my

ESP8266. "C:\Documents\Arduino\libraries\ESP8266WiFi\src\SerialESP8266wifi.h:181:10: note: no

known conversion for argument 2 from 'STATUS' to 'const char*'".

I notice that "status" is a keyword in the .cpp file so what gives?

The code looks pretty basic:

"#include <ESP8266WiFi.h>

// Replace these with your WiFi network settings
const char* ssid = "Coltene-WLAN"; //replace this with your WiFi network name
const char* password = "xxxxxxxx"; //replace this with your WiFi network password

void setup()
{
delay(1000);
Serial.begin(115200);

WiFi.begin(ssid, password);

Serial.println();
Serial.print("Connecting");
while (WiFi.status() != WL_CONNECTED)
{
delay(500);
Serial.print(".");
}

Serial.println("success!");
Serial.print("IP Address is: ");
Serial.println(WiFi.localIP());
}

void loop() {
}
"

Thanks for any and all help received,
Tim

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The code looks pretty basic:

But that is not the code being compiled when the error is generated.

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