On Jun 17, 2009, at 8:34 AM, James Turnbull wrote: > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Brice Figureau wrote: > | > | On Tue, June 16, 2009 14:29, Luke Kanies wrote: > |> On Jun 16, 2009, at 4:38 AM, Kjetil Torgrim Homme wrote: > |> > |>> Luke Kanies <l...@madstop.com> writes: > |>> > |>>> Of course, once you do this, you're in for a world of hurt -- ten > |>>> seconds after this gets merged, people will want node statements > |>>> with regexes. > |>> ok, I'll bite :) > |>> > |>> I don't care about node matching, but I really think case > statements > |>> should support it, too. ideally also selectors, although that may > |>> pose a problem for the ephemeral values? > |> Yeah, it seems like selectors should support regexes, too. > | > | Yes, I'll extend the syntax to the selectors, that makes sense. > | > | I've almost finished node matching, even though I'm not really > satisfied > | of how it works. Node matching is O(1) for the moment, but as soon > as you > | add regexp in the mix, it becomes essentially O(n) :-( > | The other issue is that nothing is puppet is ready for non-string > node > | names :-(, so there are lots of place where I need to change > things... > | I'll see if I can refactor node names in a specific object to > encapsulate > | the functionality and matching... but I don't really see how it > couldn't > | be O(n). That might really be a penalty for people with a large > number of > | nodes... > | > > Since we're all having this conversation I guess some logical > questions are what other language features? Loops? A lot of people > want a loop syntax?
Hashes before loops, and really, 99% of people who want loops do so because they don't want to manage resources. -- The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies | http://reductivelabs.com | http://madstop.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-dev@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-dev+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
