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authorJernej Jakob <jernej.jakob@gmail.com>2020-05-05 14:50:59 +0200
committerJernej Jakob <jernej.jakob@gmail.com>2020-05-05 16:19:00 +0200
commit5fdd21714536a69348adbfdb97370c3201b401be (patch)
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parent9afb06a0187c437f01e5de498851b94025cf9dd8 (diff)
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config: T2427: always return copies of lists
Since lists in python are assigned by reference, taking the return value from these functions and modifying it will modify all other return values of functions that called the function before and did not explicitly copy it. To be safe, always make a copy of lists before returning them.
Diffstat (limited to 'python')
-rw-r--r--python/vyos/config.py15
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/python/vyos/config.py b/python/vyos/config.py
index 75055a603..0bc6be12a 100644
--- a/python/vyos/config.py
+++ b/python/vyos/config.py
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ class Config(object):
``exists("system name-server"`` without ``set_level``.
Args:
- path (str): relative config path
+ path (str|list): relative config path
"""
# Make sure there's always a space between default path (level)
# and path supplied as method argument
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ class Config(object):
else:
self._level = []
elif isinstance(path, list):
- self._level = path
+ self._level = path.copy()
else:
raise TypeError("Level path must be either a whitespace-separated string or a list")
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ class Config(object):
Returns:
str: current edit level
"""
- return(self._level)
+ return(self._level.copy())
def exists(self, path):
"""
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class Config(object):
values = []
if not values:
- return(default)
+ return(default.copy())
else:
return(values)
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ class Config(object):
nodes = []
if not nodes:
- return(default)
+ return(default.copy())
else:
return(nodes)
@@ -448,7 +448,6 @@ class Config(object):
else:
return(value)
-
def return_effective_values(self, path, default=[]):
"""
Retrieve all values of a multi-value node in a running (effective) config
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ class Config(object):
values = []
if not values:
- return(default)
+ return(default.copy())
else:
return(values)
@@ -488,6 +487,6 @@ class Config(object):
nodes = []
if not nodes:
- return(default)
+ return(default.copy())
else:
return(nodes)