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(MODULES-2516) Adds an is_a() function
authorDavid Schmitt <david.schmitt@puppetlabs.com>
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:26:25 +0000 (18:26 +0100)
committerDavid Schmitt <david.schmitt@puppetlabs.com>
Mon, 14 Sep 2015 17:26:25 +0000 (18:26 +0100)
commit00c881d0dabe77fd2401beb0d39c7386b50bb791
tree9209c80caf9d1a51d18648b0b65721791e0e92a5
parent2a7a93ffb49b2ae63d4fd09982fd8c382c1f4b5a
(MODULES-2516) Adds an is_a() function

The data type system is very hard to understand. Many people don't
understand why

    type_of([1,2,3]) == Array

will fail, but

    type_of([1,2,3]) <= Array

passes. This does a simpler validation that doesn't rely on explicit
data types. Instead, use

    $foo = [1,2,3]
    if $foo.is_a(Array) {
      notify { 'This is an array': }
    }

This is based on code by Ben Ford <ben.ford@puppetlabs.com>.

  * Added acceptance tests
  * Added dispatch
  * Improved unit tests
  * Added docs to README
README.markdown
lib/puppet/functions/is_a.rb [new file with mode: 0644]
spec/acceptance/is_a_spec.rb [new file with mode: 0644]
spec/functions/is_a_spec.rb [new file with mode: 0644]
spec/functions/type_of_spec.rb