Jira (PUP-7594) Hiera hash keys are being converted to strings recursively

[Dylan Cochran (JIRA)]

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Dylan Cochran created an issue   Puppet / PUP-7594 Hiera hash keys are being converted to strings recursively Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2017/05/24 6:09 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Dylan Cochran Puppet 4.9+ currently converts hiera hash elements into strings unconditiionally. YAML.load_file() will deserialize say an Integer to a ruby Fixnum, but the function symkeys_to_string converts every key to a string, regardless of whether it is a symbol. Here is a simple example: $ports = lookup("ports")   $ports.each |$port, $options | { $port_type = type(Integer.new($port), 'generalized') notify { "${port} = ${port_type}":} } common.yaml: ports: 80: test: test 443: test: test And the output: Notice: 80 = String Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Notify[80 = String]/message: defined 'message' as '80 = String' Notice: 443 = String Notice: /Stage[main]/Main/Notify[443 = String]/message: defined 'message' as '443 = String' Notice: Applied catalog in 0.02 seconds This is also a regression in functionality from Puppet <4.8. A PR will be incoming shortly Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.14#64029-sha1:ae256fe) -- 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.