diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2array.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2array.rb
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+++ b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/any2array.rb
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+#
+# str2bool.rb
+#
+
+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+  newfunction(:any2array, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+This converts any object to an array containing that object. Empty argument
+lists are converted to an empty array. Arrays are left untouched. Hashes are
+converted to arrays of alternating keys and values.
+    EOS
+  ) do |arguments|
+
+    if arguments.empty?
+        return []
+    end
+
+    if arguments.length == 1
+        if arguments[0].kind_of?(Array)
+            return arguments[0]
+        elsif arguments[0].kind_of?(Hash)
+            result = []
+            arguments[0].each do |key, value|
+                result << key << value
+            end
+            return result
+        else
+            return [arguments[0]]
+        end
+    end
+
+    return arguments
+  end
+end
+
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 et :
diff --git a/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/any2array_spec.rb b/spec/unit/puppet/parser/functions/any2array_spec.rb
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+#! /usr/bin/env ruby -S rspec
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+describe "the any2array function" do
+  let(:scope) { PuppetlabsSpec::PuppetInternals.scope }
+
+  it "should exist" do
+    Puppet::Parser::Functions.function("any2array").should == "function_any2array"
+  end
+
+  it "should return an empty array if there is less than 1 argument" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([])
+    result.should(eq([]))
+  end
+
+  it "should convert boolean true to [ true ] " do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([true])
+    result.should(eq([true]))
+  end
+
+  it "should convert one object to [object]" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array(['one'])
+    result.should(eq(['one']))
+  end
+
+  it "should convert multiple objects to [objects]" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array(['one', 'two'])
+    result.should(eq(['one', 'two']))
+  end
+
+  it "should return empty array it was called with" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([[]])
+    result.should(eq([]))
+  end
+
+  it "should return one-member array it was called with" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([['string']])
+    result.should(eq(['string']))
+  end
+
+  it "should return multi-member array it was called with" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([['one', 'two']])
+    result.should(eq(['one', 'two']))
+  end
+
+  it "should return members of a hash it was called with" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([{ 'key' => 'value' }])
+    result.should(eq(['key', 'value']))
+  end
+
+  it "should return an empty array if it was called with an empty hash" do
+    result = scope.function_any2array([{ }])
+    result.should(eq([]))
+  end
+end