On Monday 01 Nov 2010 15:28:42 jcbollinger wrote: > o sum up: > > Resolving the perceived consistency issue can be done without any > change to the File resource. It is sufficient to > > a) Fix the relative path problem for the file() function, and > b) add a string concatentation function, and > c) deprecate passing multiple arguments to template(), prefering > instead applying the new conatentation function to several single- > argument invocations of template(). > > This approach is 100% backwards-compatible, inasmuch as deprecation of > multiple arguments to template() does not imply removal of that > feature. Because the new features would all be in functions, they > would be available everywhere in manifests that functions can be > invoked, not just in File resources. Furthermore, the new mechanism > for concatenating template results would be both more expressive than > the old and, because of its reliance on a general-purpose function, > more broadly consistent than just with file() and File/source.
+1 Just had the same thoughts :D -- Michael Gliwinski Henderson Group Information Services 9-11 Hightown Avenue, Newtownabby, BT36 4RT Phone: 028 9034 3319 ********************************************************************************************** The information in this email is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee and access to the email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. When addressed to our clients, any opinions or advice contained in this e-mail are subject to the terms and conditions expressed in the governing client engagement leter or contract. If you have received this email in error please notify supp...@henderson-group.com John Henderson (Holdings) Ltd Registered office: 9 Hightown Avenue, Mallusk, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, BT36 4RT. Registered in Northern Ireland Registration Number NI010588 Vat No.: 814 6399 12 ********************************************************************************* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-us...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
