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+#
+# is_hash.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:is_hash, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Returns true if the variable passed to this function is a hash.
+ EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_hash(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1
+
+ type = arguments[0]
+
+ result = type.is_a?(Hash)
+
+ return result
+ end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :