Jira (PUP-8745) The match function does not accept a type alias

[Nick Walker (JIRA)]

Nick Walker created an issue

Puppet / PUP-8745 The match function does not accept a type alias Issue Type: Bug Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2018/05/16 12:42 PM Priority: Normal Reporter: Nick Walker The Problem Passing a type alias to the match function results in an error. Example Code: https://github.com/npwalker/regex_variable/blob/test_pattern_type_alias/manifests/profile/test.pp#L14 And example error: error during compilation: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a Method call, match() expects pattern of T, where T is String, Regexp, Regexp[r], Pattern[p], or Array[T]. Got Puppet::Pops::Types::PTypeAliasType (file: /home/travis/build/npwalker/regex_variable/spec/fixtures/modules/regex_variable/manifests/profile/test.pp, line: 14, column: 21) on node travis-job-npwalker-regex-variable-124411915.travisci.net Which can been seen in travis as well: https://travis-ci.com/npwalker/regex_variable/jobs/124411915#L532 Add Comment

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[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

Henrik Lindberg updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-8745 The match function does not accept a type alias

Change By: Henrik Lindberg Fix Version/s: PUP 5.5.2

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[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

Henrik Lindberg updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-8745 The match function does not accept a type alias

Change By: Henrik Lindberg Priority: Normal Major

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[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

Henrik Lindberg commented on PUP-8745

Re: The match function does not accept a type alias Marked this as "major" because there is no work around when you need the match function (expect to patch puppet)

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[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

Henrik Lindberg commented on PUP-8745

Re: The match function does not accept a type alias

A possible work around for this is to make a copy of the match function and modify it to be in a module namespace of your own (mymodule::match()). Then deprecate that function and change to use the puppet match() when you have 5.5.2. The other way to work around this is to call a function in the type declaration and have that return the regular expression that in Nick's use case is the regexp that is "shared". That will stop working as it relies on a bug that allows this construct - it will be blocked in Puppet 6.0.0 - hence this is not the best work around.

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[John Duarte (JIRA)]

John Duarte updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-8745

The match function does not accept a type alias

Change By: John Duarte QA Risk Assessment: Needs Assessment No Action

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[Austin Boyd (JIRA)]

Austin Boyd updated an issue

Puppet / PUP-8745 The match function does not accept a type alias

Change By: Austin Boyd Zendesk Ticket IDs: 33510 Zendesk Ticket Count: 1

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