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+#
+# type3x.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:type3x, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+DEPRECATED: This function will be removed when puppet 3 support is dropped; please migrate to the new parser's typing system.
+
+Returns the type when passed a value. Type can be one of:
+
+* string
+* array
+* hash
+* float
+* integer
+* boolean
+    EOS
+  ) do |args|
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "type3x(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+      "given (#{args.size} for 1)") if args.size < 1
+
+    value = args[0]
+
+    klass = value.class
+
+    if not [TrueClass, FalseClass, Array, Bignum, Fixnum, Float, Hash, String].include?(klass)
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'type3x(): Unknown type')
+    end
+
+    klass = klass.to_s # Ugly ...
+
+    # We note that Integer is the parent to Bignum and Fixnum ...
+    result = case klass
+      when /^(?:Big|Fix)num$/ then 'integer'
+      when /^(?:True|False)Class$/ then 'boolean'
+      else klass
+    end
+
+    if result == "String" then
+      if value == value.to_i.to_s then
+        result = "Integer"
+      elsif value == value.to_f.to_s then
+        result = "Float"
+      end
+    end
+
+    return result.downcase
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :