--- /dev/null	Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000
+++ b/modules/stdlib/spec/functions/is_array_spec.rb	Sat Mar 14 20:09:45 2015 +0000
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the is_array function" do
+  let(:scope) { PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope }
+
+  it "should exist" do
+    expect(Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("is_array")).to eq("function_is_array")
+  end
+
+  it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+    expect { scope.function_is_array([]) }.to( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+  end
+
+  it "should return true if passed an array" do
+    result = scope.function_is_array([[1,2,3]])
+    expect(result).to(eq(true))
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed a hash" do
+    result = scope.function_is_array([{'a'=>1}])
+    expect(result).to(eq(false))
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed a string" do
+    result = scope.function_is_array(["asdf"])
+    expect(result).to(eq(false))
+  end
+end