On Friday, August 24, 2012 6:02:54 PM UTC-5, Nick Fagerlund wrote: > > Yeah that reply isn't coming back. Anyway, I was totally hoping you'd > chime in with some holes you found. :) > > On Friday, August 24, 2012 6:33:01 AM UTC-7, Henrik Lindberg wrote: > >> - Arrays and Hashes are mutable; which is either an bug or a language >> feature. While it is not allowed to directly change a variable, it can >> be indirectly modified if it refers to an array or hash. Great if the >> documentation can clarify if this is a supported feature or should be >> avoided. i.e. $a = [1,2,3] $a[0] = 10. (IMO, this is problematic as any >> logic can refer to the variable and assign to an entry - at least last I >> tried). >> > > D:< EWW. "Problematic" is putting it mildly, especially since behavior is > inconsistent between arrays and hashes. (Both can add, only arrays can > reassign to existing indexes.) But I'd better document it anyhow. >
Good grief, don't do that! If it actually gets published in an official PL document then it may be Puppet 4 before it can be removed! John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/puppet-users/-/dV4giv4MC4IJ. To post to this group, send email to puppet-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-users?hl=en.
