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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:to_bytes, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+    Converts the argument into bytes, for example 4 kB becomes 4096.
+    Takes a single string value as an argument.
+    These conversions reflect a layperson's understanding of
+    1 MB = 1024 KB, when in fact 1 MB = 1000 KB, and 1 MiB = 1024 KiB.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "to_bytes(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+          "given (#{arguments.size} for 1)") if arguments.size != 1
+
+    arg = arguments[0]
+
+    return arg if arg.is_a? Numeric
+
+    value,prefix = */([0-9.e+-]*)\s*([^bB]?)/.match(arg)[1,2]
+
+    value = value.to_f
+    case prefix
+    when '' then return value.to_i
+    when 'k' then return (value*(1<<10)).to_i
+    when 'M' then return (value*(1<<20)).to_i
+    when 'G' then return (value*(1<<30)).to_i
+    when 'T' then return (value*(1<<40)).to_i
+    when 'P' then return (value*(1<<50)).to_i
+    when 'E' then return (value*(1<<60)).to_i
+    else raise Puppet::ParseError, "to_bytes(): Unknown prefix #{prefix}"
+    end
+  end
+end