Jira (PUP-7792) {module-name} : {brief summary of issue}

[Adam Buxton (JIRA)]

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Adam Buxton created an issue   Puppet / PUP-7792 {module-name} : {brief summary of issue} Issue Type: Improvement Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2017/07/21 2:23 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Adam Buxton Basic Info Puppet Version: 2016.5 OS Name/Version: RHEL 06 Describe your issue in as much detail as possible... when lookup function is given a none capitalized type the error message is large, confusing and misleading, which makes discovering the issue difficult for new users. $var = lookup('var',boolean,'first',true) #incorrect #$var = lookup('var',Boolean,'first',true) #correct the simple lower case 'B' in boolean triggered 4 error messages for one subject, and all of them are misleading! Error: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 500 on SERVER: Server Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Resource Statement, Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Function Call, 'lookup' expects one of: (NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]] name, ValueType = Type value_type?, MergeType = Variant[String[1, default], Hash[String, Scalar]] merge?) rejected: expects between 1 and 3 arguments, got 4 (NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]] name, Optional[ValueType] value_type, Optional[MergeType] merge, DefaultValueType = Any default_value) rejected: parameter 'value_type' expects a ValueType = Type value, got String (NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]] name, ValueType = Type value_type?, MergeType = Variant[String[1, default], Hash[String, Scalar]] merge?) rejected: expects between 1 and 3 arguments, got 4 (OptionsWithName = Struct[{'name' => NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]], 'value_type' => Optional[ValueType = Type], 'default_value' => DefaultValueType = Any, 'override' => Optional[Hash[String, Any]], 'default_values_hash' => Optional[Hash[String, Any]], 'merge' => Optional[MergeType = Variant[String[1, default], Hash[String, Scalar]]]}] options_hash, BlockType = Callable[NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]]] block?) rejected: expects 1 argument, got 4 (Variant[String, Array[String]] name, OptionsWithoutName = Struct[{'value_type' => Optional[ValueType = Type], 'default_value' => DefaultValueType = Any, 'override' => Optional[Hash[String, Any]], 'default_values_hash' => Optional[Hash[String, Any]], 'merge' => Optional[MergeType = Variant[String[1, default], Hash[String, Scalar]]]}] options_hash, BlockType = Callable[NameType = Variant[String, Array[String]]] block?) rejected: expects 2 arguments, got 4 at /path/to/manifest.pp:21:37 on node Desired Behavior: Output: Error: Optional[ValueType = Type] provided must be one of [X,Y,Z] or as at the command line puppet lookup message --type=string Error: Could not run: The _expression_ <string> is not a valid type specification. Actual Behavior: see above. Please take a moment and attach any relevant log output and/or manifests. This will help us immensely when troubleshooting the issue. 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.