code: def runner(opts, utils=None, context=None, whitelist=None):
      '''
      Directly call a function inside a loader directory
      '''
      if utils is None:
          utils = {}
      if context is None:
          context = {}
      ret = LazyLoader(
          _module_dirs(opts, 'runners', 'runner', ext_type_dirs='runner_dirs'),
          opts,
          tag='runners',
          pack={'__utils__': utils, '__context__': context},
          whitelist=whitelist,
      )
      # TODO: change from __salt__ to something else, we overload __salt__ too much
      ret.pack['__salt__'] = ret
      return ref runner(opts, utils=None, context=None, whitelist=None):
      '''
      Directly call a function inside a loader directory
      '''
      if utils is None:
          utils = {}
      if context is None:
          context = {}
      ret = LazyLoader(
          _module_dirs(opts, 'runners', 'runner', ext_type_dirs='runner_dirs'),
          opts,
          tag='runners',
          pack={'__utils__': utils, '__context__': context},
          whitelist=whitelist,
      )
      # TODO: change from __salt__ to something else, we overload __salt__ too much
      ret.pack['__salt__'] = ret
      return ret
docs: Directly call a function inside a loader directory