docs: 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