puppetlabs/puppet · error · ArgumentError

A Numeric is not comparable to non Numeric

Error message

A Numeric is not comparable to non Numeric

What it means

Error "A Numeric is not comparable to non Numeric" thrown in puppetlabs/puppet.

Source

Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/compare_operator.rb:70

    raise ArgumentError, _("A String is not comparable to a non String")
  end

  # Equality is case independent.
  def equals_String(a, b)
    return false unless b.is_a?(String)

    a.casecmp(b) == 0
  end

  def cmp_Numeric(a, b)
    case b
    when Numeric
      a <=> b
    when Time::Timespan, Time::Timestamp
      -(b <=> a) # compare other way and invert result
    else
      raise ArgumentError, _("A Numeric is not comparable to non Numeric")
    end
  end

  def equals_Numeric(a, b)
    if b.is_a?(Numeric)
      a == b
    else
      false
    end
  end

  def equals_Array(a, b)
    return false unless b.is_a?(Array) && a.size == b.size

    a.each_index { |i| return false unless equals(a.slice(i), b.slice(i)) }
    true
  end

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at lib/puppet/pops/evaluator/compare_operator.rb:70 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of puppetlabs/puppet@e227c27540 (2026-08-21). Data as JSON: /api/errors/9917098fe2094a00. Report an issue: GitHub.