On Thu, 15 Feb 2018, at 14:50, John Baird wrote:
> R.I,
> 
> Can you point me to some docs on exactly how to use those?  I have looked 
> and I only see references to using them, but not how to actually use them 
> within a manifest for validation.  Any places you can point me to would be 
> much appreciated!

class thing(
  Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4 $ipaddress
) {

}

this is how you tell it the class param has to be a ipv4, any attempt to pass 
anything else is a compile error

https://puppet.com/docs/puppet/5.3/lang_data_type.html

> 
> Also, thanks for all of the useful modules you have written over the years, 
> I recognized your name instantly!  Thanks for getting back to me!
> 
> John Baird
> 
> On Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 12:19:30 AM UTC-6, R.I. Pienaar wrote:
> >
> > Use the Stdlib::Compat::Ipv4, ::Ipv6 and ::Ip_address data types 
> >
> > ---
> > R.I.Pienaar
> >
> > On 15 Feb 2018, at 01:41, John Baird <[email protected] <javascript:>> 
> > wrote:
> >
> >
> > According to the stdlib docs, "is_ip_address" is deprecated.  There is no 
> > mention of how to replace it without using "validate_legacy" which itself 
> > will ultimately be deprecated.
> >
> > Is there a better/proper approach to validating IPv4 and/or IPv6 syntax 
> > with Puppet 5 ?
> > `
> > is_ip_address
> >
> > *Deprecated. Will be removed in a future version of stdlib. 
> > See validate_legacy 
> > <https://forge.puppet.com/puppetlabs/stdlib#validate_legacy>.*
> >
> > Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid IP address.
> >
> > *Type*: rvalue.
> >
> > `
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