Darren,
On Tue, Sep 28, 2010 at 11:01 AM, Darren Worrall <[email protected]>wrote:
> With a manifest like so:
>
> class base {
> $myvar = '1234'
> file {
> '/tmp/foo':
> content => template('test.erb')
> }
> }
>
> class newbase inherits base {
> $myvar = '5678'
> }
>
> node default {
> include newbase
> }
>
> And test.erb with <%= myvar %>
>
> /tmp/foo contains 1234, when I would expect it to contain 5678.
>
> Is this a bug, or a limitation of class inheritance? (ie, base classes
> are evaluated completely, and subclasses are only allowed to modify
> things after the fact?)
>
> Cheers :)
>
Is the way scoping works, you can take more complete explanation here
http://projects.puppetlabs.com/projects/puppet/wiki/Frequently_Asked_Questions#Class+Inheritance+and+Variable+Scope
Basically the value of the inner scope is the one being used and not
overridden as one might expect.
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