Jira (PUP-6291) Add 'abs' support to Numeric.new

[Henrik Lindberg (JIRA)]

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Henrik Lindberg created an issue   Puppet / PUP-6291 Add 'abs' support to Numeric.new Issue Type: New Feature Assignee: Unassigned Created: 2016/05/11 9:32 AM Fix Versions: PUP 4.6.0 Priority: Normal Reporter: Henrik Lindberg The Numeric, Integer, and Float new should take an extra named argument Boolean abs that will make the conversion perform abs(result) before returning it. $x = "-123" $a = Numeric({from => $x, abs => true }) The non named argument variants can also get an extra optional parameter for abs. For Integer it means having to specify the radix if abs is also wanted. $x = "-123" $a = Numeric($x, true) For Integer, a negative radix could be used to mean absolute value. This is perhaps a bit too magic, but if read "a negative value is negated" it is kind of ok. This removes the need for the stdlib abs() function. Add Comment   This message was sent by Atlassian JIRA (v6.4.13#64028-sha1:b7939e9) -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/puppet-bugs. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.