Heh, John, I said shouldn't need, not shouldn't use.
Thanks, Alex On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:12 PM, jcbollinger <[email protected]>wrote: > > > On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:02:14 PM UTC-5, Alex Scoble wrote: >> >> By the way, if you are using Puppet 3.0.0 or newer you shouldn't need the >> hiera() function at all. >> > > > Not so fast. Automatic data binding does remove any *need* for writing > explicit hiera() calls (provided you are willing to structure your hiera > keys in a suitable way), but the implication that you in fact *shouldn't*use > explicit hiera() calls is not nearly so well established. Also, if you > want the special hierarchy-transcending behavior of hiera_hash() or > hiera_array() (which, admittedly, are not hiera() itself) then you can only > get it via the appropriate function calls. > > > John > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/jZGsQ97oljs/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/caf5ac4a-23c2-4ad1-9b94-17d9bb30c0e4%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/caf5ac4a-23c2-4ad1-9b94-17d9bb30c0e4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAETmVfSy_7SpD7QwdHY-USuqMxL2%2BmMObpu%3DggRGfxPBYQdzyQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
