1 files changed, 11 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/zaml.rb b/lib/puppet/util/zaml.rb
index 8ecc2c8bd..b60e639ff 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/zaml.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/zaml.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ class ZAML
     @result = []
     @indent = nil
     @structured_key_prefix = nil
-    Label.counter_reset
+    @previously_emitted_object = {}
+    @next_free_label_number = 0
     emit('--- ')
   end
   def nested(tail='  ')
@@ -55,31 +56,29 @@ class ZAML
     #    which we will encounter a reference to the object as we serialize
     #    it can be handled).
     #
-    def self.counter_reset
-      @@previously_emitted_object = {}
-      @@next_free_label_number = 0
-    end
+    attr_accessor :this_label_number
     def initialize(obj,indent)
       @indent = indent
       @this_label_number = nil
-      @@previously_emitted_object[obj.object_id] = self
     end
     def to_s
       @this_label_number ? ('&id%03d%s' % [@this_label_number, @indent]) : ''
     end
     def reference
-      @this_label_number ||= (@@next_free_label_number += 1)
       @reference         ||= '*id%03d' % @this_label_number
     end
-    def self.for(obj)
-      @@previously_emitted_object[obj.object_id]
-    end
+  end
+  def label_for(obj)
+    @previously_emitted_object[obj.object_id]
   end
   def new_label_for(obj)
-    Label.new(obj,(Hash === obj || Array === obj) ? "#{@indent || "\n"}  " : ' ')
+    label = Label.new(obj,(Hash === obj || Array === obj) ? "#{@indent || "\n"}  " : ' ')
+    @previously_emitted_object[obj.object_id] = label
+    label
   end
   def first_time_only(obj)
-    if label = Label.for(obj)
+    if label = label_for(obj)
+      label.this_label_number ||= (@next_free_label_number += 1)
       emit(label.reference)
     else
       if @structured_key_prefix and not obj.is_a? String