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+#!/usr/bin/env rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the flatten function" do
+ before :all do
+ Puppet::Parser::Functions.autoloader.loadall
+ end
+
+ before :each do
+ @scope = Puppet::Parser::Scope.new
+ end
+
+ it "should exist" do
+ Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("flatten").should == "function_flatten"
+ end
+
+ it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+ lambda { @scope.function_flatten([]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+ end
+
+ it "should flatten a complex data structure" do
+ result = @scope.function_flatten([["a","b",["c",["d","e"],"f","g"]]])
+ result.should(eq(["a","b","c","d","e","f","g"]))
+ end
+
+ it "should do nothing to a structure that is already flat" do
+ result = @scope.function_flatten([["a","b","c","d"]])
+ result.should(eq(["a","b","c","d"]))
+ end
+
+end