On 6 August 2010 17:55, Paul Berry <p...@puppetlabs.com> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 2:23 AM, Paul Nasrat <pnas...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Random thought for 1.6 or later we could have a ProcFile and Sysctl >> specific class (and dmidecode) to encapsulate the complexities of >> different platforms/versions so it's easy to do stuff and provides a >> handy way to prevent repeated calls to the same provider. > > +1 to this idea, especially as it serves an educational purpose to > developers unfamiliar with the subtleties of e.g. reading from the /proc > filesystem. If a ProcFile class had existed Rein and I probably wouldn't > have made the mistake if trying to read proc files directly in the first > place.
Yeah it makes the knowledge explicit, etc. It's been on my should get round to for a while, as there are various places we get info from repeatedly that have hidden complexities. Paul -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to puppet-...@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.
