Merge branch 'ticket/master/8585_load_yaml_function'

* ticket/master/8585_load_yaml_function:
  (#8575) Add loadyaml() function

lib/puppet/parser/functions/loadyaml.rb

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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+
+  newfunction(:loadyaml, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'ENDHEREDOC') do |args|
+    Load a YAML file and return the data if it contains an Array, String, or Hash
+    as a Puppet variable.
+
+    For example:
+
+      $myhash = loadyaml('/etc/puppet/data/myhash.yaml')
+    ENDHEREDOC
+
+    unless args.length == 1
+      raise Puppet::ParseError, ("loadyaml(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be 1)")
+    end
+
+    YAML.load_file(args[0])
+
+  end
+
+end