+1 for the feature; I like Jeff's idea about using the existing sigil,
although I like Henrik's nested-function-like suggestion.
I think there is a particular case for this when it comes to lazy/busy
sysadmins integrating 3rd party modules from Puppet Forge (and for
encouraging writing internal modules with a general enough interface that
they can easily be contributed):
Let's say I've got modules for configuring nss_pam_ldapd in EL6 and for
configuring the native Solaris ldap_cachemgr. Both need, among other
things, the list of LDAP server URIs. If I am not too lazy and thinking
seriously about contributing them to PF, I'll write them to do a hiera
lookup using the correct name for automatic parameter lookups (we're still
on 2.7 & working towards 3 compatibility):
class nss_pam_ldapd::config {
$server_uris = hiera('nss_pam_ldapd::config::server_uris', ...),
...
class ldap_cachemgr::conig {
$server_uris = hiera('ldap_cachemgr::config::server_uris, ...),
...
and now I have made more work for myself because I have to duplicate
(correctly) all of the info in hiera:
nss_pam_ldapd::config::server_uris:
- ldaps://ldap1.example.com
- ldaps://ldap2.example.com
...
ldap_cachemgr::config::server_uris:
- ldaps://ldap1.example.com
- ldaps://ldap2.example.com
...
whereas what I would like is:
ldap_login_server_uris:
- ldaps://...
nss_pam_ldapd::config::server_uris: %{ldap_login_server_uris}
ldap_cachemgr::config::server_uris: %{ldap_login_server_uris}
but since I cannot do this and I am really lazy/busy, I'm going to be dumb
and just lookup 'ldap_login_server_uris' and everyone else who might have
benefited from the module can go stuff it:
class nss_pam_ldapd::config {
$server_uris = hiera('ldap_login_server_uris')
...
And I am over-simplifying, because there are more like 8 parameters, almost
all of which apply between both modules and all of which need to be
duplicated.
Wil
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