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+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# Copyright (c) 2024, Felix Fontein <felix@fontein.de>
+# GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+# Make coding more python3-ish
+from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
+
+__metaclass__ = type
+
+
+import pytest
+
+from ansible.utils.unsafe_proxy import AnsibleUnsafe
+
+from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.unsafe import (
+    make_unsafe,
+)
+
+
+TEST_MAKE_UNSAFE = [
+    (
+        u'text',
+        [],
+        [
+            (),
+        ],
+    ),
+    (
+        u'{{text}}',
+        [
+            (),
+        ],
+        [],
+    ),
+    (
+        b'text',
+        [],
+        [
+            (),
+        ],
+    ),
+    (
+        b'{{text}}',
+        [
+            (),
+        ],
+        [],
+    ),
+    (
+        {
+            'skey': 'value',
+            'ukey': '{{value}}',
+            1: [
+                'value',
+                '{{value}}',
+                {
+                    1.0: '{{value}}',
+                    2.0: 'value',
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+        [
+            ('ukey', ),
+            (1, 1),
+            (1, 2, 1.0),
+        ],
+        [
+            ('skey', ),
+            (1, 0),
+            (1, 2, 2.0),
+        ],
+    ),
+    (
+        ['value', '{{value}}'],
+        [
+            (1, ),
+        ],
+        [
+            (0, ),
+        ],
+    ),
+]
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("value, check_unsafe_paths, check_safe_paths", TEST_MAKE_UNSAFE)
+def test_make_unsafe(value, check_unsafe_paths, check_safe_paths):
+    unsafe_value = make_unsafe(value)
+    assert unsafe_value == value
+    for check_path in check_unsafe_paths:
+        obj = unsafe_value
+        for elt in check_path:
+            obj = obj[elt]
+        assert isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)
+    for check_path in check_safe_paths:
+        obj = unsafe_value
+        for elt in check_path:
+            obj = obj[elt]
+        assert not isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)
+
+
+def test_make_unsafe_dict_key():
+    value = {
+        b'test': 1,
+        u'test': 2,
+    }
+    unsafe_value = make_unsafe(value)
+    assert unsafe_value == value
+    for obj in unsafe_value:
+        assert not isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)
+
+    value = {
+        b'{{test}}': 1,
+        u'{{test}}': 2,
+    }
+    unsafe_value = make_unsafe(value)
+    assert unsafe_value == value
+    for obj in unsafe_value:
+        assert isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)
+
+
+def test_make_unsafe_set():
+    value = set([b'test', u'test'])
+    unsafe_value = make_unsafe(value)
+    assert unsafe_value == value
+    for obj in unsafe_value:
+        assert not isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)
+
+    value = set([b'{{test}}', u'{{test}}'])
+    unsafe_value = make_unsafe(value)
+    assert unsafe_value == value
+    for obj in unsafe_value:
+        assert isinstance(obj, AnsibleUnsafe)