Issue #4536 has been updated by Nigel Kersten.

Target version set to Telly


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Refactor #4536: scope.lookupvar should return a clone of the object, not the 
object itself
https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/4536

Author: Daniel Pittman
Status: Accepted
Priority: Low
Assignee: 
Category: functions
Target version: Telly
Affected Puppet version: 0.25.5
Keywords: 
Branch: 


At present this code will destroy the content of a puppet variable:

<pre>
$bar = [1,2]
notice("bar is $bar")  # 'bar is 12'
$foo = inline_template('<% bar.shift%>')
notice("bar is $bar")  # 'bar is 2'
</pre>

This is certainly surprising behaviour, and it means that it is relatively easy 
to destroy the content of a puppet variable from a template.

This would probably be better returning a clone of the object so, at least, 
that the most obvious top level actions don't destroy the content so easily.  
Perhaps even a dclone is appropriate...


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