Issue #11967 has been updated by Steve Shipway.
I would envision nested arrays being implicitly flattened before splitting, as with several other puppet functions. However, returning an array of arrays would be fine, provided you also provide a flatten() function in the puppet language... We'll have to agree to differ on the merits of overloading functions in this way; I personally prefer a function to handle multiple argument types (in an intelligent way) rather than having a separate function name to handle each type. Isn't function overloading supposed to be the "Right Thing" in terms of OO languages (perl, ruby, etc)? In the end, the goal is to get a richer Puppet manifest language without having to resort to Ruby coding, so I'm not going to be religious on *how* it is achieved. ---------------------------------------- Feature #11967: split() function does not work on array variables https://projects.puppetlabs.com/issues/11967 Author: Steve Shipway Status: Needs Decision Priority: Normal Assignee: Nigel Kersten Category: functions Target version: Affected Puppet version: 2.7.6 Keywords: split Branch: The split() function results in an error message if the first parameter is an array. While this usage may not have been originally intended, it would be very useful for it to handle this case as we are using split() to handle the return value of extlookup which can be either a string or an array. EG: $avar = [ 'a.b', 'c', 'd.e' ] $b = split( $avar, '[.]' ) Currently results in error, but would be better if it resulted in $b = [ 'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e' ] -- 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.
