Sure, but Puppet doesn't actually have numbers - it's just that some of its strings happen to consist entirely of digits.
On Feb 17, 2011, at 11:47 PM, Jesse A Wolfe wrote: > Coincidentally, I found this in the JSON spec: > "Numbers are not quoted. It would be insane to require quotes around > numbers." - http://www.json.org/fatfree.html > > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Luke Kanies <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 17, 2011, at 3:22 PM, Paul Berry wrote: > >> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:17 PM, Luke Kanies <[email protected]> wrote: >> luke@syringe $ ruby -e 'a = "foo"; b = -a' >> -e:1: undefined method `-@' for "foo":String (NoMethodError) >> luke@syringe $ >> >> >> Yes, but this error doesn't come from Ruby's parser. It is a runtime error >> at the time that Ruby detects that you are trying to apply unary minus to a >> string. Ruby allows unary negation of variables that hold numeric values: >> >> [ticket/2.6.next/6338] ~/puppet_labs/puppet$ ruby -e 'a = 3; b = -a; puts b' >> -3 >> [ticket/2.6.next/6338] ~/puppet_labs/puppet$ > > Ah, you're right. I tried a few iterations and they all failed; I didn't > think to stick to numbers rather than strings, duh. > > -- > No matter how rich you become, how famous or powerful, when you die > the size of your funeral will still pretty much depend on the > weather. -- Michael Pritchard > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Luke Kanies -|- http://puppetlabs.com -|- +1(615)594-8199 > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Puppet Developers" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en. -- A nation is a society united by delusions about its ancestry and by common hatred of its neighbors. -- William Ralph Inge --------------------------------------------------------------------- Luke Kanies -|- http://puppetlabs.com -|- +1(615)594-8199 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-dev?hl=en.
