puppetlabs/puppet · error · Puppet::Error

Use of a Ruby BigDecimal value outside Puppet Float range, g

Error message

Use of a Ruby BigDecimal value outside Puppet Float range, got '#{o}'

What it means

Error "Use of a Ruby BigDecimal value outside Puppet Float range, got '#{o}'" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/runtime3_converter.rb:81

  end

  def convert_NilClass(o, scope, undef_value)
    @inner ? nil : undef_value
  end

  def convert_Integer(o, scope, undef_value)
    return o unless o < MIN_INTEGER || o > MAX_INTEGER

    range_end = o > MAX_INTEGER ? 'max' : 'min'
    raise Puppet::Error, "Use of a Ruby Integer outside of Puppet Integer #{range_end} range, got '#{'0x%x' % o}'"
  end

  def convert_BigDecimal(o, scope, undef_value)
    # transform to same value float value if possible without any rounding error
    f = o.to_f
    return f unless f != o

    raise Puppet::Error, "Use of a Ruby BigDecimal value outside Puppet Float range, got '#{o}'"
  end

  def convert_String(o, scope, undef_value)
    # Although wasteful, a dup is needed because user code may mutate these strings when applying
    # Resources. This does not happen when in server mode since it only uses Resources that are
    # in puppet core and those are all safe.
    o.frozen? && !Puppet.run_mode.server? ? o.dup : o
  end

  def convert_Object(o, scope, undef_value)
    o
  end

  def convert_Array(o, scope, undef_value)
    ic = @inner_converter
    o.map { |x| ic.convert(x, scope, undef_value) }
  end

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/runtime3_converter.rb:81 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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