1 files changed, 25 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb b/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
index 7ce1ccc1c..05d319356 100644
--- a/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
+++ b/lib/puppet/util/monkey_patches.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 Process.maxgroups = 1024
+
 module RDoc 
     def self.caller(skip=nil)
         in_gem_wrapper = false
@@ -7,3 +8,27 @@ module RDoc
         }
     end
 end
+
+
+require "yaml"
+require "puppet/util/zaml.rb"
+
+class Symbol
+    def to_zaml(z)
+        z.emit("!ruby/sym ")
+        to_s.to_zaml(z)
+    end
+end
+
+class Object
+    def to_yaml
+        ZAML.dump(self)
+    end
+end
+
+def YAML.dump(*args)
+    ZAML.dump(*args)
+end
+
+
+