Jira (PUP-516) Improve 'node expression' match and inherit

[Andrew Parker (JIRA)]

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Andrew Parker commented on an issue   Re: Improve 'node _expression_' match and inherit Once we get rid of node inheritance there isn't any need for nodes to have names since there isn't any need to refer to them. This removes all of the ambiguities and problems around nodes clashing with classes and other items. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-516 Improve 'node _expression_' match and inherit A node _expression_ allows a Name or a Regexp, but also allows inheritence with Regexp. This is probelematic (as dicsussed in Redmine #7423. Suggest that: * node matching and node identity are two separate things * node matching should not be handled as a special case of name, and instead be parsed as a '.'-separated list of bareword name segments, or ... This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.1.4#6159-sha1:44eaede) -- 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 http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.