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An additional option of <author_name>_<fact_name> was presented but discounted as unable to be migrated to a new module maintainer without causing widespread issues and so is not listed.
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| Description | simp_<fact_name> | <modulename>_<fact_name> (single_underscore) | <modulename>__<fact_name> (double underscore) | <module_name>-<fact_name> |
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| Pros and cons |  Easy to understand
 The hard-coded simp_ prefix would make transitioning ownership of a module to another organization awkward.
| Easy to understand May run into issues if |
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<modulename> <module_name> corresponds to a fact with an underscore | Minimizes risk of conflicts with any system fact value Kind of strange syntactically (but not incorrect) | VERY unlikely to conflict with anything The hyphen is a non-idiomatic character for fact names Facts using this can't be accessed in classic $::fact_name format Facter and Puppet (via $facts[]) accept this syntax , but there may be weird edge cases or tools that don't |
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