Jira (PUP-6229) Non-Type expression within the RHS Type expression of a type alias gives unclear error

[John Duarte (JIRA)]

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John Duarte commented on PUP-6229   Re: Non-Type _expression_ within the RHS Type _expression_ of a type alias gives unclear error Validation passed using pre-release version of puppet-agent at SHA 6b89a78 containing puppet at SHA bdc3f48 on Ubuntu 14.04 The _expression_ examples in the description of this ticket produce errors that include the detail of the evaluated _expression_ as discussed in this comment root@ldrfv39uwpd1dgt:~# puppet apply -e "type Foo = Enum[$facts['os']['family']] ; notice(Foo)" Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Type-Name, The _expression_ <['os']['family']> is not a valid type specification. at line 1:44 on node ldrfv39uwpd1dgt.delivery.puppetlabs.net root@ldrfv39uwpd1dgt:~# puppet apply -e "type Bar = Enum[with() || { \"${facts['os']['family']}: ${facts['os']['name']}\" }] ; notice(Bar)" Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Type-Name, The _expression_ <with() || { ": " }> is not a valid type specification. at line 1:46 on node ldrfv39uwpd1dgt.delivery.puppetlabs.net root@ldrfv39uwpd1dgt:~# puppet apply -e 'type Baz = Pattern[Integer[1,9].map |$x| { $a = $x - 1 ; $c = $x + 1 ; "\\Aa{${a}}b{${x}}c{${c}}\\z" }] ; notice(Baz)' Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Type-Name, The _expression_ <Integer[1,9].map |$x| { $a = $x - 1 ; $c = $x + 1 ; "\\Aa{${a}}b{${x}}c{${c}}\\z" }> is not a valid type specification. at line 1:114 on node ldrfv39uwpd1dgt.delivery.puppetlabs.net root@ldrfv39uwpd1dgt:~# cat /opt/puppetlabs/puppet/VERSION 1.4.2.462.g6b89a78 Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.