Unless you meant using hiera_array() for general use, in which case yes, you probably need to flatten it.
On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 2:26:54 PM UTC-8, Ellison Marks wrote: > > Yeah, I thought it was something like that, just hadn't checked myself. > > As to flattening however, I don't think that's necessary on the user's > part. Include calls flatten on any array it is passed automatically. > > On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 1:50:19 PM UTC-8, jcbollinger wrote: >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 12:43:44 PM UTC-6, Philip Brown wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tuesday, December 18, 2012 10:28:35 AM UTC-8, Ellison Marks wrote: >>>> >>>> No, it's additive. It will get all the class names from all hierarchy >>>> levels that a host maps to. >>> >>> >>> Waaait a minute. Now I'm really confused about hiera :( >>> >>> I thought hiera was usually replacing, not additive. >>> >>> Or is it that single-value hiera lookups, are replacing, but array >>> lookups are additive? >>> >>> holy inconsistencies, batman! >>> We almost implemented something wrong then. We were planning on using >>> hiera to pull a default array of NTP servers, but then override the default >>> list, if at a sattelite office. But you're telling me that since it's an >>> array, it will add, not override? ! >>> >> >> >> No. The hierra_array() and hiera_hash() functions are always additive. >> The the plain hiera() function is never additive. >> >> That is completely unrelated to the type of data being retrieved. The >> plain hiera() function will return an array or hash if that is the type of >> the item matching the specified key. >> >> By the same token, the elements of the array returned by hiera_array() >> will be of whatever type appears in your data file for the given key at the >> corresponding hierarchy level. In particular, if you have lists of classes >> at each level, then hiera_array() will retrieve it all as an array of >> arrays, which you would need to flatten. PuppetLabs' "stdlib" add-on >> module contains a suitable flatten() function, or you could write your own. >> >> >> John >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/FwWSjmilXnEJ. 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.
