(#8797) Merge puppetlabs-functions into puppetlabs-stdlib

It was decided that maintaining puppetlabs-functions and
puppetlabs-stdlib was duplication as both are trying to
achieve the same goal.

This patch provides a merge of the puppetlabs-functions
into the puppetlabs-stdlib repository, with history
preservation.

The following conflicts were found and resolved:

* LICENSE file from functions was used as it aligns with
  ASL usage instructions and contains relevant copyright
  information:
  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
* Used spec_helper.rb from functions - this is what
  Puppet core uses and doesn't break tests.
* Merged .gitignore and spec.opts options.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e8ac8a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/parseyaml.rb
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+#
+# parseyaml.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:parseyaml, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+This function accepts YAML as a string and converts it into the correct 
+Puppet structure.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    if (arguments.size != 1) then
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "parseyaml(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+    end
+
+    require 'yaml'
+
+    YAML::load(arguments[0])
+
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :