Failing test cases for #4977

Signed-off-by: Clinton Wolfe <clintoncwolfe@gmail.com>

test/fixtures/profiles/inputs/cli/controls/cli.rb

@@ -8,3 +8,21 @@ control "test_control_02" do
     it { should cmp "value_from_cli_02"}
   end
 end
+
+control "test_control_numeric_implicit" do
+  describe input("test_input_03", value: "value_from_dsl") do
+    it { should eq 11 } # Note eq not cmp
+  end
+end
+
+control "test_control_numeric_type" do
+  describe input("test_input_04", value: "value_from_dsl") do
+    it { should eq 11 } # Note eq not cmp
+  end
+end
+
+control "test_control_numeric_float" do
+  describe input("test_input_05", value: "value_from_dsl") do
+    it { should eq -11.0 } # Note eq not cmp
+  end
+end

test/fixtures/profiles/inputs/cli/inspec.yml

@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ license: Apache-2.0
 summary: Profile to exercise setting inputs using the --input CLI option
 version: 0.1.0
 supports:
-  platform: os
+  platform: os
+
+inputs:
+  - name: test_input_04
+    type: numeric

test/functional/inputs_test.rb

@@ -158,19 +158,40 @@ describe "inputs" do
 
     describe "when the --input is used once with two values" do
       let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_01=value_from_cli_01 test_input_02=value_from_cli_02" }
-      it("correctly reads the input") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_01 test_control_02" }
+      it("correctly reads both inputs") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
     end
 
     describe "when the --input is used once with two values and a comma" do
       let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_01=value_from_cli_01, test_input_02=value_from_cli_02" }
-      it("correctly reads the input") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_01 test_control_02" }
+      it("correctly reads both inputs ignoring the comma") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+    end
+
+    # See https://github.com/inspec/inspec/issues/4977
+    describe "when the --input is used with a numeric value" do
+      describe "when the --input is used with an integer value" do
+        let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_03=11" }
+        let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_numeric_implicit" }
+        it("correctly reads the input as numeric") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      end
+      describe "when the --input is used with a integer value and is declared as a numeric type in metadata" do
+        let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_04=11" }
+        let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_numeric_type" }
+        it("correctly reads the input as numeric") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      end
+      describe "when the --input is used with a float value" do
+        let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_05=-11.0" }
+        let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_numeric_float" }
+        it("correctly reads the input as numeric") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      end
     end
 
     describe "when the --input is used twice with one value each" do
       let(:input_opt) { "--input test_input_01=value_from_cli_01 --input test_input_02=value_from_cli_02" }
       let(:control_opt) { "--controls test_control_02" }
       # Expected, though unfortunate, behavior is to only notice the second input
-      it("correctly reads the input") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
+      it("correctly reads the second input") { assert_json_controls_passing(result) }
     end
 
     describe "when the --input is used with no equal sign" do