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diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/template.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/template.rb
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+Puppet::Parser::Functions::newfunction(:template, :type => :rvalue, :doc => 
+    "Evaluate a template and return its value.  See `the templating docs 
+    </trac/puppet/wiki/PuppetTemplating>`_ for more information.  Note that 
+    if multiple templates are specified, their output is all concatenated 
+    and returned as the output of the function.") do |vals|
+        require 'erb'
+
+        vals.collect do |file|
+            # Use a wrapper, so the template can't get access to the full
+            # Scope object.
+            debug "Retrieving template %s" % file
+            wrapper = Puppet::Parser::TemplateWrapper.new(self, file)
+
+            begin
+                wrapper.result()
+            rescue => detail
+                raise Puppet::ParseError,
+                    "Failed to parse template %s: %s" %
+                        [file, detail]
+            end
+        end.join("")
+end