This would seem to be an error. Classes should not contain spaces.
On 03/01/2012 04:13 PM, Aleksey Tsalolikhin wrote:
> Hi. I thought class identifier naming convention was the same as for
> any CFEngine identifier - alphanumeric and underscore only - but I
> noticed in 3.2.1 that CFEngine accepts classes that have spaces in
> them - if they are slipped in through the ifvarclass attribute.
>
> (The reference manual states:
>
> CFEngine 3 has a new class predicate ifvarclass which is ANDed with
> the normal class expression, and which is evaluated together with the
> promise. It may contain variables as long as the resulting expansion
> is a legal class expression. )
>
> Here is an example of CFEngine 3.2.1 allowing ifvarclass expansion
> into an illegal class expression:
>
> [cfengine00 ~]# cat test.cf
>
> bundle agent example {
>
> vars:
> "weekdays"
> slist => { "Monday",
> "Tue sday",
> "Wednesday",
> "Thursday",
> "Fr iday",
> };
>
>
> reports:
> cfengine::
> "Hello world! I love $(weekdays)s!"
> ifvarclass => "$(weekdays)";
>
> }
> [cfengine00 ~]#
>
>
> Verbose run shows "Tue sday" is used as the context for the promise:
>
> cf3> Skipping whole next promise (Hello world! I love Tue sdays!),
> as var-context Tue sday is not relevant
>
>
> Yet when I add the promise
>
>
> {{{
> classes: "To morrow"
> expression => "any";
> }}}
>
> I see CFEngine automatically canonifies the identifier:
>
> cf3> Class identifier "To morrow" contains illegal characters - canonifying
> cf3> Initiate variable convergence...
> cf3>
> cf3> + Private classes augmented:
> cf3> + To_morrow
> cf3>
> cf3> - Private classes diminished:
>
> I'd love to know the design thought behind classes type promises
> autocanonifying identifiers, but not ifvarclass promises... is that
> done advisedly and if so, why, please?
>
> Best,
> -at
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