Jira (PUP-8101) Optional[] data type doesn't allow a parameter to be disabled

[Ben Ford (JIRA)]

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Ben Ford created an issue   Puppet / PUP-8101 Optional[] data type doesn't allow a parameter to be disabled Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Henrik Lindberg Components: Language, Language Specification, Type System Created: 2017/10/27 10:39 AM Priority: Normal Reporter: Ben Ford This is easiest to describe with a simple code example class example ( Optional[String] $param = 'some non undef default value', ) { # $param is always set to the default string, no matter what you pass in # it's effectively impossible to "disable", even though it's Optional } Proposal: I would like the Optional type to be an enum of the passed in data type, Undef, and false. If that were the case, I could pass false to the class above and achieve the desired results. This could almost be done today with Variant[String, Boolean], but then the user could pass in true, which isn't a member of the desired set of input values. 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.