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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+ newfunction(:scope_defaults, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
+Determine if specified resource defaults have a attribute defined in
+current scope.
+EOS
+ ) do |arguments|
+
+ raise(Puppet::ParseError, "scope_defaults(): Wrong number of arguments " +
+ "given (#{arguments.size} for 2)") if arguments.size != 2
+
+ # auto capitalize puppet resource for lookup:
+ res_type = arguments[0].split('::').collect{ |x| x.capitalize }.join('::')
+ res_attr = arguments[1]
+
+ return self.lookupdefaults(res_type).has_key?(res_attr.to_sym)
+ end
+end