[PUP-6089] type function: Unit type being returned for empty array and hash - Puppet Jira Server

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The notation for empty Array and Hash were earlier unspecified and the output showed internal details related to the implementation of the Puppet Type System. Empty Array is now displayed as Array[0, 0], and an empty Hash as Hash[0, 0]. In conjunction with this change, it is now also illegal to specify an element (or key/value) type when also specifying empty - i.e. Array[Integer, 0, 0] is now illegal.

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The notation for empty Array and Hash were earlier unspecified and the output showed internal details related to the implementation of the Puppet Type System. Empty Array is now displayed as Array[0, 0], and an empty Hash as Hash[0, 0]. In conjunction with this change, it is now also illegal to specify an element (or key/value) type when also specifying empty - i.e. Array[Integer, 0, 0] is now illegal.

The following manifest:

notice(type([]))

notice(type({}))

produces the following output:

Notice: Scope(Class[main]): Array[Unit, 0, 0]

Notice: Scope(Class[main]): Hash[Unit, Unit, 0, 0]

Unit is not part of the Puppet type system and should not be displayed.

Expected output:

Notice: Scope(Class[main]): Array[Any, 0, 0]

Notice: Scope(Class[main]): Hash[Any, Any, 0, 0]

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

notice(type([]), type({}))

Should produce:

Notice: Scope(Class[main]): Array[0, 0] Hash[0, 0]

And it is illegal to create an empty typed container:

relates to

PUP-6251 Empty Array type broken, neither Array[0,0] nor Array[T,0,0] works

links to

PR-4846