Heh, John, I said shouldn't need, not shouldn't use.
Thanks, Alex On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:12 PM, jcbollinger <john.bollin...@stjude.org>wrote: > > > On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 3:02:14 PM UTC-5, Alex Scoble wrote: >> >> By the way, if you are using Puppet 3.0.0 or newer you shouldn't need the >> hiera() function at all. >> > > > Not so fast. Automatic data binding does remove any *need* for writing > explicit hiera() calls (provided you are willing to structure your hiera > keys in a suitable way), but the implication that you in fact *shouldn't*use > explicit hiera() calls is not nearly so well established. Also, if you > want the special hierarchy-transcending behavior of hiera_hash() or > hiera_array() (which, admittedly, are not hiera() itself) then you can only > get it via the appropriate function calls. > > > John > > -- > 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/jZGsQ97oljs/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/caf5ac4a-23c2-4ad1-9b94-17d9bb30c0e4%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/puppet-users/caf5ac4a-23c2-4ad1-9b94-17d9bb30c0e4%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > 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/CAETmVfSy_7SpD7QwdHY-USuqMxL2%2BmMObpu%3DggRGfxPBYQdzyQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
