I fixed the problem by prefixing the one-line definition of basename with a
return.
Should I infer Puppet doesn't support the standard Ruby mechanism of
returning the last evaluated result within a function?
I did have:
module Puppet::Parser::Functions
newfunction(:basename, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
File.basename(*args)
end
end
..which resulted in:
err: Could not retrieve catalog from remote server: Error 400 on SERVER:
undefined method `basename'
I now have:
module Puppet::Parser::Functions
newfunction(:basename, :type => :rvalue) do |args|
return File.basename(*args)
end
end
..which works like a charm.
Cheers,
David
On Thursday, November 29, 2012 12:04:53 PM UTC, KomodoDave wrote:
>
> Hmm.. actually there's still something amiss.
>
> Doing the include as described above changed the error from:
>
> Error 400 on SERVER: Unknown function utils::basename
>
>
> to:
>
> Error 400 on SERVER: Function 'basename' does not return a value
>
>
> ..which made me think it was now being found.
>
> I then fixed the bug by adding to basename definition the required :type
> => :rvalue .
>
> However, instead of solving the issue I now see the message:
>
> Error 400 on SERVER: undefined method `basename'
>
>
> Any suggestions would be most welcome at this point!
>
> Thank you.
>
> David
>
>
> On Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:58:09 AM UTC, KomodoDave wrote:
>>
>> Ah, I've got it: simply include the module then call the function
>> unqualified:
>>
>> include utils
>> # ...
>> basename(args)
>>
>>
>> David
>>
>>
>> On Thursday, November 29, 2012 11:37:01 AM UTC, KomodoDave wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a utils module that contains common utilities. Most are defined
>>> types.
>>>
>>> However, I've just added the first custom function in
>>> utils/lib/puppet/parser/functions/basename.rb .
>>>
>>> It seems this cannot be referenced in the intuitive fashion from another
>>> module, namely:
>>>
>>> utils::basename(args)
>>>
>>> Is it possible to call a custom function from another module? If so,
>>> what is the syntax? If not, is there a workaround besides copying the
>>> custom function to the referencing module?
>>>
>>> Sincere thanks,
>>>
>>> David
>>>
>>
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