Jira (PUP-2642) selector expression default should be matched last

[Kurt Wall (JIRA)]

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Kurt Wall commented on an issue   Re: selector _expression_ default should be matched last On Puppet 3.5.1: $ puppet apply x.pp --parser future Notice: Scope(Class[main]): the default Notice: Compiled catalog for centos6-5-base.localdomain in environment production in 0.29 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.03 seconds $ cat x.pp notice 3 ? { default => 'the default', 3 => 'the three' } $ puppet apply x.pp --parser current Notice: Scope(Class[main]): the three Notice: Compiled catalog for centos6-5-base.localdomain in environment production in 0.02 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.04 seconds From master at commit bd7a103: $ be puppet apply x.pp Notice: Scope(Class[main]): the three Notice: Compiled catalog for centos6-5-base.localdomain in environment production in 0.02 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.03 seconds [puppet@centos6-5-base puppet]$ be puppet apply x.pp --parser future Notice: the three Notice: Compiled catalog for centos6-5-base.localdomain in environment production in 0.29 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.03 seconds $ be puppet apply x.pp --parser current Notice: Scope(Class[main]): the three Notice: Compiled catalog for centos6-5-base.localdomain in environment production in 0.02 seconds Notice: Finished catalog run in 0.04 seconds Add Comment   Puppet / PUP-2642 selector _expression_ default should be matched last The future evaluator treats a default in a selector _expression_ just like any other value (historically puppet regular did this too - although I may be wrong). It should instead defer matching against a default until no other entry matched (just like the case _expression_ does). This will bite all users that have not followed the advice to place the defau... 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.