FILE: C:\ProgramData\PuppetLabs\puppet\var\lib\puppet\parser\functions\deep_merge.rb

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# deep_merge.rb
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module Puppet::Parser::Functions
  newfunction(:deep_merge, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-'DOC') do |args|
    @summary
      Recursively merges two or more hashes together and returns the resulting hash.

    @example Example usage

      $hash1 = {'one' => 1, 'two' => 2, 'three' => { 'four' => 4 } }
      $hash2 = {'two' => 'dos', 'three' => { 'five' => 5 } }
      $merged_hash = deep_merge($hash1, $hash2)

      The resulting hash is equivalent to:

      $merged_hash = { 'one' => 1, 'two' => 'dos', 'three' => { 'four' => 4, 'five' => 5 } }

      When there is a duplicate key that is a hash, they are recursively merged.
      When there is a duplicate key that is not a hash, the key in the rightmost hash will "win."

    @return [Hash] The merged hash
    DOC

    if args.length < 2
      raise Puppet::ParseError, "deep_merge(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be at least 2)"
    end

    deep_merge = proc do |hash1, hash2|
      hash1.merge(hash2) do |_key, old_value, new_value|
        if old_value.is_a?(Hash) && new_value.is_a?(Hash)
          deep_merge.call(old_value, new_value)
        else
          new_value
        end
      end
    end

    result = {}
    args.each do |arg|
      next if arg.is_a?(String) && arg.empty? # empty string is synonym for puppet's undef
      # If the argument was not a hash, skip it.
      unless arg.is_a?(Hash)
        raise Puppet::ParseError, "deep_merge: unexpected argument type #{arg.class}, only expects hash arguments"
      end

      result = deep_merge.call(result, arg)
    end
    return(result)
  end
end

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