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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+
+  newfunction(:getvar, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
+    Lookup a variable in a remote namespace.
+
+    For example:
+
+        $foo = getvar('site::data::foo')
+        # Equivalent to $foo = $site::data::foo
+
+    This is useful if the namespace itself is stored in a string:
+
+        $datalocation = 'site::data'
+        $bar = getvar("${datalocation}::bar")
+        # Equivalent to $bar = $site::data::bar
+    ENDHEREDOC
+
+    unless args.length == 1
+      raise Puppet::ParseError, ("getvar(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 1)")
+    end
+
+    begin
+      self.lookupvar("#{args[0]}")
+    rescue Puppet::ParseError # Eat the exception if strict_variables = true is set
+    end
+
+  end
+
+end