1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/load_yaml.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/load_yaml.rb
index 684a721..1bc2f36 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/load_yaml.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/load_yaml.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,16 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
   newfunction(:load_yaml, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
     EOS
   ) do |arguments|
+
+    if (arguments.size != 1) then
+      raise(Puppet::ParseError, "load_yaml(): Wrong number of arguments "+
+        "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
+    end
+
+    require 'yaml'
+
+    YAML::load(arguments[0])
+
   end
 end