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+++ b/modules/stdlib/spec/acceptance/range_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 'range function', :unless => UNSUPPORTED_PLATFORMS.include?(fact('operatingsystem')) do
+  describe 'success' do
+    it 'ranges letters' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $o = range('a','d')
+      notice(inline_template('range is <%= @o.inspect %>'))
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/range is \["a", "b", "c", "d"\]/)
+      end
+    end
+    it 'ranges letters with a step' do
+      pp = <<-EOS
+      $o = range('a','d', '2')
+      notice(inline_template('range is <%= @o.inspect %>'))
+      EOS
+
+      apply_manifest(pp, :catch_failures => true) do |r|
+        expect(r.stdout).to match(/range is \["a", "c"\]/)
+      end
+    end
+    it 'ranges letters with a negative step'
+    it 'ranges numbers'
+    it 'ranges numbers with a step'
+    it 'ranges numbers with a negative step'
+    it 'ranges numeric strings'
+    it 'ranges zero padded numbers'
+  end
+  describe 'failure' do
+    it 'fails with no arguments'
+  end
+end