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diff --git a/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_bool.rb b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_bool.rb
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+++ b/puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_bool.rb
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+#
+# is_bool.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:is_bool, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a boolean.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_bool(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1
+
+    type = arguments[0]
+
+    result = type.is_a?(TrueClass) || type.is_a?(FalseClass)
+
+    return result
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :