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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

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