Issue #8096 has been updated by Nigel Kersten.

Target version set to Telly


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Bug #8096: Shouldn't be able to declare both "name" and namevar for types that 
have namevars
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/8096

Author: Nick Fagerlund
Status: Accepted
Priority: Normal
Assignee: 
Category: 
Target version: Telly
Affected Puppet version: 
Keywords: 
Branch: 


These both work: 

    file {'myfile':
      ensure => file,
      content => "hi there",
      path => "/tmp/pathfile",
      name => "/tmp/namefile",
    }
    
    exec {'myexec':
      logoutput => true,
      command => '/opt/local/bin/cowsay "from command"',
      name => '/opt/local/bin/cowsay "from name"',
    }

Luke informed us that this used to throw an exception, though I haven't tested 
to find out which versions that applies to. 

Nigel and I think "name" just shouldn't be allowed if there's a declared 
namevar like "path;" it's not introspectible, and amounts to a secret backdoor 
that leads to illegible Puppet code. Luke said he doesn't have a philosophical 
problem with doing that, but he believes we should do a real deprecation 
instead of silently fixing it, since it's a change in behavior that might cause 
some unknown amount of havoc out in the wild. 


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