Jira (PUP-4887) Reserved words as hash keys?
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Henrik Lindberg commented on PUP-4887
Re: Reserved words as hash keys?
It is not a bug. You cannot use bare word keywords as hash-keys since they can be any _expression_. If you want a keyword use a quoted string.
$hsh = { 'if' = 'the pope has a funny hat' }
This because you can write:
$funny_hat_people = [pope, santa, 'steve martin', 'the grinch']
$person = 'pope'
$hsh = { if $person in $funny_hat_people { 'funny' } else {'not funny'} = true }
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Jira (PUP-4887) Reserved words as hash keys?
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Henrik Lindberg commented on PUP-4887
Re: Reserved words as hash keys?
Note that keywords are allowed as attribute names in classes and defines as well as in variable names:
class why_oh_why($if = 'reason') {
# ...
}
class { why_oh_why:
if = 'just because'
}
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Jira (PUP-4887) Reserved words as hash keys?
Title: Message Title
Alexander Fisher created an issue
Puppet / PUP-4887
Reserved words as hash keys?
Issue Type:
Bug
Assignee:
Unassigned
Created:
2015/07/16 7:09 AM
Priority:
Minor
Reporter:
Alexander Fisher
Hi
Should it be possible to declare a hash which has a reserved word as a key?
eg $myhash = { key1 = 'val1', type = 'val2' }
With this code and the future parser you get a parse error.
Error: Could not parse for environment production: Use of reserved word: type, must be quoted if intended to be a String value
The opinion on IRC was that this may be a bug and was worth reporting. Alternatively, perhaps just the documentation needs a note?
Kind Regards, Alex
