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+++ b/modules/stdlib/spec/acceptance/is_hash_spec.rb	Sat Mar 14 20:09:45 2015 +0000
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper_acceptance'
+
+describe 'is_hash function', :unless => UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) do
+  describe 'success' do
+    it 'is_hashs arrays' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $a = ['aaa','bbb','ccc']
+      $o = is_hash($a)
+      notice(inline_template('is_hash is <%= @o.inspect %>'))
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/is_hash is false/)
+      end
+    end
+    it 'is_hashs empty hashs' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $a = {}
+      $b = true
+      $o = is_hash($a)
+      if $o == $b {
+        notify { 'output correct': }
+      }
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/Notice: output correct/)
+      end
+    end
+    it 'is_hashs strings' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $a = "aoeu"
+      $b = false
+      $o = is_hash($a)
+      if $o == $b {
+        notify { 'output correct': }
+      }
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/Notice: output correct/)
+      end
+    end
+    it 'is_hashs hashes' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $a = {'aaa'=>'bbb'}
+      $b = true
+      $o = is_hash($a)
+      if $o == $b {
+        notify { 'output correct': }
+      }
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/Notice: output correct/)
+      end
+    end
+  end
+  describe 'failure' do
+    it 'handles improper argument counts'
+  end
+end