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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