# weird output stuff when doing --syntax check on latest devel

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-output-stuff-when-doing-syntax-check-on-latest-devel/16012>\
**Category:** Ansible Developer\
**Created:** [August 22, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-output-stuff-when-doing-syntax-check-on-latest-devel/16012 "2014-08-22T13:30:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@Serge\_van\_Ginderacht](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Serge_van_Ginderacht)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2014, 1:30pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/weird-output-stuff-when-doing-syntax-check-on-latest-devel/16012/1 "2014-08-22T13:30:58Z")

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With latest devel, doing a syntax check, I suddenly get

playbook: plays/cumuli.yml

0=cumuli/admin  
0=cumuli/admin

0=cumuli/mon  
0=cumuli/mon

0=cumuli/osd  
0=cumuli/osd

0=cumuli/msd  
0=cumuli/msd

0=cumuli/blades  
0=cumuli/blades

The “0=” part seems to come from Will’s recent patches, though I’m not sure how this gets related here.

It is triggered here in lib/ansible/playbook/play.py

ada90742 (Will Thames 2014-08-18 21:27:41 +1000 190) role\_name = utils.role\_spec\_parse(orig\_path)[“name”]

I _think_ it might be related to this playbook using just a list of strings to enumerate the roles:

10 roles:  
11 - cumuli/admin

and not role: cumuli/admin

Which might be overlooked in testing.

Serge
