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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:delete_values, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Deletes all instances of a given value from a hash.
+
+*Examples:*
+
+    delete_values({'a'=>'A','b'=>'B','c'=>'C','B'=>'D'}, 'B')
+
+Would return: {'a'=>'A','c'=>'C','B'=>'D'}
+
+      EOS
+    ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError,
+          "delete_values(): Wrong number of arguments given " +
+          "(#{arguments.size} of 2)") if arguments.size != 2
+
+    hash, item = arguments
+
+    if not hash.is_a?(Hash)
+      raise(TypeError, "delete_values(): First argument must be a Hash. " + \
+                       "Given an argument of class #{hash.class}.")
+    end
+    hash.dup.delete_if { |key, val| item == val }
+  end
+end