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authorNick Walker <npwalker@users.noreply.github.com>2016-12-01 05:54:08 -0800
committerDavid Schmitt <david.schmitt@puppet.com>2016-12-01 13:54:08 +0000
commitd3bbd3cbf89cb23bce4e55c3828e17c05c4cfd70 (patch)
treeea11726f3bfe7f5d6545075c83168547cbd3dc99 /lib
parentcb59da2359f956e3dccec228e16f6b3aaa6758c4 (diff)
Indicate that the type function is preferred (#695)
Prior to this commit, users coming to the type_of function would not realize that the type function in puppet does the same thing and is preferred over type_of. After this commit, we have a comment indicating the above.
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-rw-r--r--lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb b/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb
index 02cdd4d..01f1f49 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/functions/type_of.rb
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
# 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.
#
+# The built-in type() function in puppet is generally preferred over this function
+# this function is provided for backwards compatibility.
Puppet::Functions.create_function(:type_of) do
def type_of(value)
Puppet::Pops::Types::TypeCalculator.infer_set(value)