(19864) num2bool match fix

.gitignore

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ pkg/
 .DS_Store
 metadata.json
 coverage/
+spec/fixtures/
 Gemfile.lock
 .bundle/
 vendor/bundle/

lib/puppet/parser/functions/num2bool.rb

@@ -2,38 +2,41 @@
 # num2bool.rb
 #
 
-# TODO(Krzysztof Wilczynski): We probably need to approach numeric values differently ...
-
 module Puppet::Parser::Functions
   newfunction(:num2bool, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
-This function converts a number into a true boolean. Zero becomes false. Numbers
-higher then 0 become true.
+This function converts a number or a string representation of a number into a
+true boolean. Zero or anything non-numeric becomes false. Numbers higher then 0
+become true.
     EOS
   ) do |arguments|
 
     raise(Puppet::ParseError, "num2bool(): Wrong number of arguments " +
-      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size < 1
+      "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1
 
     number = arguments[0]
 
-    # Only numbers allowed ...
-    unless number.match(/^\-?\d+$/)
-      raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'num2bool(): Requires integer to work with')
+    case number
+    when Numeric
+      # Yay, it's a number
+    when String
+      begin
+        number = Float(number)
+      rescue ArgumentError => ex
+        raise(Puppet::ParseError, "num2bool(): '#{number}' does not look like a number: #{ex.message}")
+      end
+    else
+      begin
+        number = number.to_s
+      rescue NoMethodError => ex
+        raise(Puppet::ParseError, "num2bool(): Unable to parse argument: #{ex.message}")
+      end
     end
 
-    result = case number
-      when /^0$/
-        false
-      when /^\-?\d+$/
-        # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
-        number = number.to_i
-        # We yield true for any positive number and false otherwise ...
-        number > 0 ? true : false
-      else
-        raise(Puppet::ParseError, 'num2bool(): Unknown numeric format given')
-    end
+    # Truncate Floats
+    number = number.to_i
 
-    return result
+    # Return true for any positive number and false otherwise
+    return number > 0
   end
 end
 

spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/num2bool_spec.rb

@@ -8,17 +8,60 @@
     Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("num2bool").should == "function_num2bool"
   end
 
-  it "should raise a ParseError if there is less than 1 arguments" do
+  it "should raise a ParseError if there are no arguments" do
     lambda { scope.function_num2bool([]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
   end
 
-  it "should return true if 1" do
+  it "should raise a ParseError if there are more than 1 arguments" do
+    lambda { scope.function_num2bool(["foo","bar"]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+  end
+
+  it "should raise a ParseError if passed something non-numeric" do
+    lambda { scope.function_num2bool(["xyzzy"]) }.should( raise_error(Puppet::ParseError))
+  end
+
+  it "should return true if passed string 1" do
     result = scope.function_num2bool(["1"])
     result.should(be_true)
   end
 
-  it "should return false if 0" do
+  it "should return true if passed string 1.5" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool(["1.5"])
+    result.should(be_true)
+  end
+
+  it "should return true if passed number 1" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool([1])
+    result.should(be_true)
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed string 0" do
     result = scope.function_num2bool(["0"])
     result.should(be_false)
   end
+
+  it "should return false if passed number 0" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool([0])
+    result.should(be_false)
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed string -1" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool(["-1"])
+    result.should(be_false)
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed string -1.5" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool(["-1.5"])
+    result.should(be_false)
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed number -1" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool([-1])
+    result.should(be_false)
+  end
+
+  it "should return false if passed float -1.5" do
+    result = scope.function_num2bool([-1.5])
+    result.should(be_false)
+  end
 end