Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: CFEngine Help: Bundle meta data Author: sauer Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,25277,25300#msg-25300
Rather than using a reserved name, why not a reserved namespace? If you define a namespace using a current reserved word, then you could simply define variables like bundle.id, bundle.version, etc. They'd still be scoped within the current bundle, and using the actual name "bundle" is certain to not conflict with an existing namespace. You'd be free to designate a few "special" names, such as version, within that new namespace. You could theoretically define a prefix for free-form fields, allowing for future expansion. So, perhaps the bundle namespace is restricted to pre-defined variables, only allowing bundle.user_* to be user-defined. In any case, I'd ask that the version "container" be able to strip out non-numbers, so that those of us who use revision control systems like CVS/Subversion can more easily put in keywords like "$Version: 123$" and reference that as just 123. :) _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
