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+#
+# type.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:type, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "type(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+
+ value = arguments[0]
+
+ klass = value.class
+
+ if not [Array, Bignum, Fixnum, Float, Hash, String].include?(klass)
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'type(): 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'
+ else klass
+ end
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :