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+# Take a data structure and output it as YAML
+#
+# @example how to output YAML
+# # output yaml to a file
+# file { '/tmp/my.yaml':
+# ensure => file,
+# content => to_yaml($myhash),
+# }
+#
+#
+require 'yaml'
+
+Puppet::Functions.create_function(:to_yaml) do
+ dispatch :to_yaml do
+ param 'Any', :data
+ end
+
+ def to_yaml(data)
+ data.to_yaml
+ end
+end