Jira (PUP-2243) Using a prefix of a setting on the CLI doesn't work nor fail

[Andy Parker (JIRA)]

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Andy Parker commented on an issue   Re: Using a prefix of a setting on the CLI doesn't work nor fail The preferred solution to this would be to have partial setting names result in an error. This is to stop any new setting from squatting on a huge number of names that then can't be reliably used by applications. Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-2243 Using a prefix of a setting on the CLI doesn't work nor fail I tried this out on 3.4.3, but I'm pretty certain that it goes back much further. The problem is that on the command line you can specify a prefix of a setting (such as {{order}} instead of {{ordering}}), but if that is done the setting does not get set. It also does not raise an error (follow tests done on a development branch). {code:title=Settin... 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/d/optout.