function IsUnrolledByPipeline
{
    param
    (
        [Parameter(Mandatory,
                   Position=1)]
        [AllowNull()]
        [object]
        $InputObject
    )
    begin
    {
        function PipeIn {
            param
            (
                [Parameter(ValueFromPipeline)]
                $Pipe
            )
            process
            {
                [pscustomobject][hashtable]$PSBoundParameters
            }
        }
        function PipeOut {
            param
            (
                [Parameter(Position=1)]
                $Position
            )
            process
            {
                $Position
            }
        }
        function PipeReturn {
            param
            (
                [Parameter(Position=1)]
                $Position
            )
            process
            {
                return $Position
            }
        }
    }
    process
    {
        $after = @(
            ($InputObject | PipeIn).Pipe            # pipe the object into a function
            PipeOut $InputObject                    # assign the object to a variable from the output of a function
            (PipeOut $InputObject | PipeIn).Pipe    # pipe the object from the output one function to input of another
            PipeReturn $InputObject                 # assign the object to a variable from the return value of a function
            (PipeReturn $InputObject | PipeIn).Pipe # pipe the object from the return of one function to input of another
        )

        if ($after -eq $null)
        {
            # the InputObject became null at least once...

            if ( $null -ne $InputObject )
            {
                # ...but it didn't start as null
                return $true
            }

            foreach ($v in $after)
            {
                if ( $null -ne $v )
                {
                    # ... but not every time
                    return $true
                }
            }

            # ... and it turns out InputObject became null
            # in every case
            return $false
        }

        # the InputObject never became null...
        foreach ( $v in $after )
        {
            if ( $v.GetHashCode() -ne $InputObject.GetHashCode() )
            {
                # ... and it became something other than itself
                # at least once
                return $true
            }
        }
        # ... and it remained itself in every case
        return $false
    }
}

Describe IsUnrolledByPipeline {
    It '<n> : <o>' -TestCases @(
        @{n='null';            i=$null; o=$false}
        @{n='empty array';     i=@();         o=$true}
        @{n='array of nulls';  i=$null,$null; o=$true}
        @{n='array';        i=1,2;      o=$true}
        @{n='nested array'; i=1,@(1,2); o=$true}
        @{n='empty hashtable'; i=@{};   o=$false}
        @{n='hashtable';       i=@{a=1};o=$false}
        @{n='bit array';       i=[System.Collections.BitArray]::new(0); o=$true}
        @{n='queue';           i=[System.Collections.Queue]::new(@(0)); o=$true}
        @{n='stack';           i=[System.Collections.Stack]::new(@(0)); o=$true}
        @{n='arrayList';       i=[System.Collections.ArrayList]::new(@(0)); o=$true}
        @{n='xmlElement';      i=([xml]'<a></a>').FirstChild.GetType(); o=$false}
    ) {
        param($i,$o)
        $r = IsUnrolledByPipeline $i
        $r | Should -Be $o
    }
}