Is this really still true? From the looks of the stdlib source of ensure_resource it seems like it just parses parameters and calls create_resources .
Trying to understand if this is 3 year old lore or still valid in 2017. Regards, == k+ == On Monday, March 31, 2014 at 12:24:30 AM UTC-4, Atom Powers wrote: > > Over the years I've heard a lot of people declare one > function/method/implementation of something to be "evil". I've found that, > more often than not, the person declaring it to be bad has simply been > burned by trying to use it for something the function was never intended to > be used for. (Usually an easy trap due to incomplete documentation.) > > So I wonder, are ensure_resource and create_resources really evil, or just > too easy to abuse in evil ways? > > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 9:06 AM, jcbollinger <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: >> >> >> Ensure_resource() is evil. Do not use it. >> > > > > -- > Perfection is just a word I use occasionally with mustard. > --Atom Powers-- > -- 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/149dc905-692e-42b4-b3d7-2c66b94c51af%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
