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#
# is_string.rb
#

module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:is_string, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a string.
    EOS
  ) do |arguments|

    function_deprecation([:is_string, 'This method is deprecated, please use the stdlib validate_legacy function, with Stdlib::Compat::String. There is further documentation for validate_legacy function in the README.'])

    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_string(): Wrong number of arguments given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1

    type = arguments[0]

    # when called through the v4 API shim, undef gets translated to nil
    result = type.is_a?(String) || type.nil?

    if result and (type == type.to_f.to_s or type == type.to_i.to_s) then
      return false
    end

    return result
  end
end

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