From 1da5dc55ee48fcd437f5b5df00a5b2f3991ec9f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Micah <micah@leap.se>
Date: Tue, 24 May 2016 10:19:33 -0400
Subject: Squashed 'puppet/modules/stdlib/' content from commit 7112363

git-subtree-dir: puppet/modules/stdlib
git-subtree-split: 71123634744b9fe2ec7d6a3e38e9789fd84801e3
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 lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb

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diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb
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+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb
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+# Returns the type when passed a value.
+#
+# @example how to compare values' types
+#   # compare the types of two values
+#   if type_of($first_value) != type_of($second_value) { fail("first_value and second_value are different types") }
+# @example how to compare against an abstract type
+#   unless type_of($first_value) <= Numeric { fail("first_value must be Numeric") }
+#   unless type_of{$first_value) <= Collection[1] { fail("first_value must be an Array or Hash, and contain at least one element") }
+#
+# See the documentation for "The Puppet Type System" for more information about types.
+# See the `assert_type()` function for flexible ways to assert the type of a value.
+#
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:type_of) do
+  def type_of(value)
+    Puppet::Pops::Types::TypeCalculator.infer_set(value)
+  end
+end
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