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+# This is just syntactic sugar for a collection, although it will generally
+# be a good bit faster.
+
+Puppet::Parser::Functions::newfunction(:realize, :doc => "Make a virtual object real.  This is useful
+        when you want to know the name of the virtual object and don't want to
+        bother with a full collection.  It is slightly faster than a collection,
+        and, of course, is a bit shorter.  You must pass the object using a
+        reference; e.g.: ``realize User[luke]``." ) do |vals|
+        coll = Puppet::Parser::Collector.new(self, :nomatter, nil, nil, :virtual)
+        vals = [vals] unless vals.is_a?(Array)
+        coll.resources = vals
+
+        compiler.add_collection(coll)
+end