Update stdlib

[mirror/dsa-puppet.git] / 3rdparty / modules / stdlib / lib / puppet / functions / length.rb

diff --git a/3rdparty/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/functions/length.rb b/3rdparty/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/functions/length.rb
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+#A function to eventually replace the old size() function for stdlib - The original size function did not handle Puppets new type capabilities, so this function is a Puppet 4 compatible solution. 
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:length) do
+  dispatch :length do
+    param 'Variant[String,Array,Hash]', :value
+  end
+  def  length(value)
+    if value.is_a?(String)
+      result = value.length
+    elsif value.is_a?(Array) || value.is_a?(Hash)
+      result = value.size
+    end
+    return result
+  end
+end