2 files changed, 38 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/ast.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/ast.rb
index 66744525e..da82a30c7 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/ast.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/ast.rb
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ require 'puppet/parser/ast/caseopt'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/casestatement'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/collection'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/collexpr'
+require 'puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/definition'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/else'
 require 'puppet/parser/ast/function'
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63aa36c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/ast/comparison_operator.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+require 'puppet'
+require 'puppet/parser/ast/branch'
+
+class Puppet::Parser::AST
+    class ComparisonOperator < AST::Branch
+
+        attr_accessor :operator, :lval, :rval
+
+        # Iterate across all of our children.
+        def each
+            [@lval,@rval,@operator].each { |child| yield child }
+        end
+
+        # Returns a boolean which is the result of the boolean operation
+        # of lval and rval operands
+        def evaluate(scope)
+            # evaluate the operands, should return a boolean value
+            lval = @lval.safeevaluate(scope)
+            rval = @rval.safeevaluate(scope)
+
+            # return result
+            unless @operator == '!='
+                lval.send(@operator,rval)
+            else
+                lval != rval
+            end
+        end
+
+        def initialize(hash)
+            super
+
+            unless %w{== != < > <= >=}.include?(@operator)
+                raise ArgumentError, "Invalid comparison operator %s" % @operator
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end