2012/2/8 Felix Frank <felix.fr...@alumni.tu-berlin.de>:
> Hi,
>
> On 02/08/2012 07:43 AM, jimbob palmer wrote:
>> Now I will use includes as you suggest. Say I have a class that has an
>> include, is there a guarantee that the include will always be included
>> before the rest of the class is examined?
>
> Referencing variables scoped to included classes will *always* work.
>
> include foo
> notify { "$foo::bar": }
>
> where $bar is declared in the class foo.
>
> Don't even thing about using $bar (without explicit scope $foo::bar)
> anywhere outside the very foo class.
> There are dynamic scoping features, but using them is stronly
> discouraged (by me at least ;-)
>
>> I mean withint the same class. Say I have a case statement at the top
>> of my class that sets a variable, will that run before I need the
>> variable (later in the same class)?
>
> Yes, this most definitely works.
>
> I don't even think it's important in which order you use and declare
> variables, because variables can be assigned only once. So there is no
> concept of "earlier" or "later" where variables are concerned.So say I have a single class which in order I need to ensure a file doesn't exist, then after that install a package, then after that call a define function. The file package part is doable with a chain (although I could be more confident about where they are defined), but how do I put the define function in the chain? > > HTH, > Felix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Users" group. > To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@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.
