Thanks, R.I.Pienaar, I sometimes wonder how the moving target that is the Puppet DSL slows adoption of the product.
I'll keep an eye on the future parser. Hopefully, it's in PE soon. Of course, then I'll need to wait until someone creates a useful module that shows how to use the pattern. I'm not quite smart enough (or knowledgeable enough yet) to create a new pattern on my own. Thanks, Alex On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:19 AM, R.I.Pienaar <r...@devco.net> wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "jcbollinger" <john.bollin...@stjude.org> > > To: puppet-users@googlegroups.com > > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:15:03 PM > > Subject: [Puppet Users] Re: Looking for a better way to use hiera hashes > than create_resources > > > > > > > > On Tuesday, April 29, 2014 11:37:02 AM UTC-5, Alex Scoble wrote: > > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > Thanks so much for your feedback. It's extremely useful for me at this > > > stage of my education in the Puppet DSL. > > > > > > Here is the Puppet Users group thread where R.I. Pienaar said that he > felt > > > that using create_resources() was bad: > > > > https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!searchin/puppet-users/create_resources$20pienaar/puppet-users/lxYDKf7dgc0/TppS_7BFB9IJ > > > > > > > > > For the record, then, R.I. said "I dont tend to use create_resources as I > > consider it about as bad as eval() :) ". I hardly find that an emphatic > > and categorical condemnation. In fact, I think that lines up relatively > > well with my own position on the matter, expressed earlier in this > thread. > > And I still think that, unfortunately there are often few other options. > > Today you should just suck it up and use the future parser and loop the > data > though, it seems to be speedy enough and relatively stable, syntax has been > locked down etc. > > I've not followed this thread too closely but I'd hope the f.parser > iterating > your hashes/arrays should do all you need. If not it's probably worth > highlighting > those. > > ie. the closer to reality the f.parser becomes the less you should be using > create_resources. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "Puppet Users" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/puppet-users/QNZyd4ipB0U/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/1444896807.322.1398867543907.JavaMail.zimbra%40devco.net > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 puppet-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/CAETmVfRzC-Wd6vOzohynFj125X3Lp8b-L1p45J0yfTQsnCkCZQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
