Forum: CFEngine Help Subject: Re: About "new" templates correct usage or limitations Author: mark Link to topic: https://cfengine.com/forum/read.php?3,26723,26774#msg-26774
Hi, just a brief response from me. The idea of the begin end blocks is to allow iteration over sections. It is not to encapsulate the whole file and would have no effect. So if you limit the begin-end to only sections that should be iterated you will perceive fewer limits. There are many reasons for limits, some are like safety nets (editfilesize etc). In this case it has to do with the variable expansion algorithm trying to prevent out-of-control behaviour. It is not easy to decouple these things at the moment. If we allowed arbitrary size allocations, someone could mistakenly kill their system with a typo. So sarcasm aside, we will have to think about best practices of use, and perhaps think about the maximum sizes again. CFEngine is designed to work on systems with even small memory footprints. That's the thinking. Maybe it needs re-evaluating. Think of begin-end like a mutex: you are supposed to lock only the absolute minimum critical section... M _______________________________________________ Help-cfengine mailing list Help-cfengine@cfengine.org https://cfengine.org/mailman/listinfo/help-cfengine
