code: def render(hjson_data, saltenv='base', sls='', **kws):
      '''
      Accepts HJSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the HJSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure
      '''
      if not isinstance(hjson_data, six.string_types):
          hjson_data = hjson_data.read()
  
      if hjson_data.startswith('#!'):
          hjson_data = hjson_data[(hjson_data.find('\n') + 1):]
      if not hjson_data.strip():
          return {}
      return hjson.loads(hjson_dataf render(hjson_data, saltenv='base', sls='', **kws):
      '''
      Accepts HJSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the HJSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure
      '''
      if not isinstance(hjson_data, six.string_types):
          hjson_data = hjson_data.read()
  
      if hjson_data.startswith('#!'):
          hjson_data = hjson_data[(hjson_data.find('\n') + 1):]
      if not hjson_data.strip():
          return {}
      return hjson.loads(hjson_data)
docs: Accepts HJSON as a string or as a file object and runs it through the HJSON
      parser.
  
      :rtype: A Python data structure