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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:

def render(sls_data, saltenv='base', sls='', **kws):
    '''
    Accepts YAML_EX as a string or as a file object and runs it through the YAML_EX
    parser.

    :rtype: A Python data structure
    '''
    with warnings.catch_warnings(record=True) as warn_list:
        data = deserialize(sls_data) or {}

        for item in warn_list:
            log.warning(
                '%s found in %s saltenv=%s',
                item.message, salt.utils.url.create(sls), saltenv
            )

        log.debug('Results of SLS rendering: \n%s', data)

    return data