Puppet users - Aug 2007 - Common routines for custom functions

Hello

I want to share some common subroutines between my custom functions.
Given the way Puppet loads the .rb files in
$plugindest/puppet/parser/functions, does anyone know how should I lay
this out?

I tried creating a

module myutilities
   def self.blah()
      ...
   end
end

(NOT within the newfunction() call) in one of the (top-level)
functions''
.rb file.

However, calling myutilities::blah() doesn''t always work - it seems
only
to be work when you *first* call the specific function whose .rb file
I''ve bundled the subroutine in.  Maybe a loading issue?

Is there an easy way to do this?

Many thanks,
Derek
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On Aug 20, 2007, at 4:48 AM, <Derek.Whayman@barclayscapital.com>  
<Derek.Whayman@barclayscapital.com> wrote:
> However, calling myutilities::blah() doesn''t always work - it
seems
> only
> to be work when you *first* call the specific function whose .rb file
> I''ve bundled the subroutine in.  Maybe a loading issue?
Strange.

I''d recommend adding something like this to the file your function is  
in:

require ''path/to/your/module''

class Puppet::Parser::Scope
     include YourModule
end

The functions actually get added as methods in the Scope class, so  
this should do what you want.

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