Jira (PUP-5381) Evaluating instance match with Optional[T] and NotUndef[T] fails when T is a string value

[Peter Huene (JIRA)]

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Peter Huene created an issue   Puppet / PUP-5381 Evaluating instance match with Optional[T] and NotUndef[T] fails when T is a string value Issue Type: Bug Affects Versions: PUP 4.2.2 Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2015/10/14 2:27 PM Fix Versions: PUP 4.3.0 Priority: Normal Reporter: Peter Huene Optional[T] and NotUndef[T], where T is a instance of a string, should behave like Optional[Enum[T]] and NotUndef[Enum[T]], respectively. The following evaluates to false as expected: notice(5 =~ Optional[Enum[foo]]) However, this produces an error: notice(5 =~ Optional[foo]) Output: Error: Evaluation Error: Error while evaluating a '=~' _expression_, undefined method `instance?' for "foo":String at site.pp:1:10 on node peterhu-osx Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.11#64026-sha1:78f6ec4) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Puppet Bugs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to puppet-bugs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to puppet-bugs@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.