inline classes

[Ligne Six]

Hello folks,

I'm wondering if it is possible to define-declare a class. Something like inlining:

instead of:

```

include hello_distro                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              

class hello_distro {                                                                                                                                                                                                                         

     notify { "Running on distro: ${facts['os']['family']}": }                                                                                                                                                                                

 } 

```

have something like:

```

include class hello_distro {

...

} 

Thanks

[jcbollinger]

No, Puppet has no such feature per se, but I don't see what advantage you hope it would provide, relative to simply declaring the contents of the class body directly at the same point.

Moreover, if you're inclined to declare a class in the same manifest in which you define it -- which runs counter to the prevailing views on good style -- I don't see how being able to merge those into a single statement would provide more than the most trivial advantage.  You would save yourself literally one word of code by not repeating the class name.


John



John