Issue #6534 has been updated by Ben Hughes. Status changed from Unreviewed to Needs design decision
---------------------------------------- Bug #6534: Common IRC question: defines with default parameter values using $title https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/6534 Author: Jordan Sissel Status: Needs design decision Priority: Normal Assignee: Category: Target version: Affected Puppet version: Keywords: Branch: Twice in two days, I've seen folks who have asked about a custom define not working properly; they had something like this: define foo($blah = $title) { file { "/tmp/foo.$blah": content => "hello"; } } Their expectation is that '$blah' will be set to the '$title' value for each foo resource, but the reality is that $title is scoped outside of the define and thus gets something like 'main' - For example: foo { bar: ; baz: ; } Result: Duplicate definition: File[/tmp/foo.main] is already defined in file /home/jls/test.pp at line 4; cannot redefine at /home/jls/test.pp:4 on node sprinkles Above, $blah is set to 'main' because that's what $title is when the define is made. I don't know if this is a bug (maybe custom define parameter specs should be scoped to the define instance?), but it is tripping up users, so if this isn't addressed in the docs, it can't hurt to do so. -- You have received this notification because you have either subscribed to it, or are involved in it. To change your notification preferences, please click here: http://projects.puppetlabs.com/my/account -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs?hl=en.
