Removing some code in Parameter that is unnecessary.

It's duplicated in Property, but was only ever called if
the instance was Property -- in other words, the base class
new about its subclass, but the subclass overrode that method
any way.

Signed-off-by: Luke Kanies <luke@madstop.com>

2 files changed, 2 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/parameter.rb b/lib/puppet/parameter.rb
index ef7f1c1ad..f90193fc8 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parameter.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parameter.rb
@@ -419,11 +419,6 @@ class Puppet::Parameter
     # late-binding (e.g., users might not exist when the value is assigned
     # but might when it is asked for).
     def value=(value)
-        # If we're a parameter, just hand the processing off to the should
-        # method.
-        if self.is_a?(Puppet::Property)
-            return self.should = value
-        end
         if respond_to?(:validate)
             validate(value)
         end
diff --git a/lib/puppet/property.rb b/lib/puppet/property.rb
index 913f43977..50a1b71de 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/property.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/property.rb
@@ -446,7 +446,8 @@ class Property < Puppet::Parameter
         self.should
     end
 
-    # Provide a common hook for setting @should, just like params.
+    # Match the Parameter interface, but we really just use 'should' internally.
+    # Note that the should= method does all of the validation and such.
     def value=(value)
         self.should = value
     end