Jira (PUP-8537) Validator incorrectly reports result of regexp match as being forgotten

[Thomas Hallgren (JIRA)]

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Thomas Hallgren created an issue   Puppet / PUP-8537 Validator incorrectly reports result of regexp match as being forgotten Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2018/03/08 11:05 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Thomas Hallgren The following manifest errors when evaluated using puppet apply: 'cdf' =~ /^([a-z])(.*)/ notice($2) The error is: This '=~' _expression_ has no effect. A value was produced and then forgotten (one or more preceding expressions may have the wrong form) This is not correct since the result of the match is stored in numeric variables $1 ... $n and can be used. Turning the comparison into an assignment, i.e.: $x = 'cdf' =~ /^([a-z])(.*)/ notice($2) yields the correct result: Notice: Scope(Class[main]): df Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v7.7.1#77002-sha1:e75ca93) -- 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.