On Monday, July 21, 2014 3:32:47 PM UTC-5, Nan Liu wrote:
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Oh, I see. The class declares its *own* parameter 'schedule'. Given that
I'm not sure offhand what the semantics of that will -- or even *should* --
be, I have to agree with Andy that such code is nasty. It at least
warrants a warning.
Specifically, it's unclear whether the class's declared 'schedule'
parameter refers to the metaparameter (so that it's a duplicate) vs. being
an ordinary parameter that shadows the metaparameter. If the former, then
it's unclear whether the default value declared there will in fact be
effective.
Furthermore, it's unclear what schedule will or should be assigned to the
class if it is declared without an explicit schedule, but there is a
schedule assigned to the container in which its first-evaluated declaration
is found. That is:
class site::wrapper {
include 'system::packages'
}
class { 'site::wrapper': schedule => 'myschedule' }
What a mess!
With that said, if the construct in fact has a predictable, useful behavior
(still not clear on that) then I think Nan's request for a way to silence
the warnings is a reasonable one.
John
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