Will a param injected from a Get take precedence o...
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early-needle-54791
09/30/2019, 5:09 PMWill a param injected from a Get take precedence over a singleton rule producing the same type?
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aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 5:10 PMi think the answer should be yes, but i'm not sure if the answer right now is yes
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early-needle-54791
09/30/2019, 5:24 PMthe answer right now is no
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aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 5:25 PMwe can pair on fixing this if you'd like
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early-needle-54791
09/30/2019, 6:19 PMI'm going to work around it for now, but a ticket would be a good idea I think, assuming there is consensus around wanting that behavior.
early-needle-54791
09/30/2019, 6:19 PMOr maybe it makes sense for discussion anyway
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aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 6:20 PMworking around it sounds like the move for now for sure
aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 6:20 PMit feels like a natural thing to me and making a ticket at least helps me not forget things to follow up on, personally
aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 6:21 PMthis along with the issue where you can't
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witty-crayon-22786
09/30/2019, 7:19 PMsingletons use the absolute minimum number of parameters (0), and thus "always win"
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witty-crayon-22786
09/30/2019, 7:21 PMit's possible that this will change via https://github.com/pantsbuild/pants/issues/7710 ... but if you'd like something to be overridable, don't install it as a singleton: install it via RootRule, and inject it
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early-needle-54791
09/30/2019, 8:39 PMThats the plan!
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aloof-angle-91616
09/30/2019, 8:40 PMthat makes sense -- thanks stu!