title: Puppet: "latest" vs. latest
body: <p>Consider the following code:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  $version = 'latest'
    package { 'mypkg':
      ensure =&gt; $version;
    }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Will this do the same thing as:</p>
  
  <pre><code>  package { 'mypkg':
      ensure =&gt; latest;
    }
  </code></pre>