Ability to handle duplicate sections about puppet-telegraf HOT 6 CLOSED

Sounds like a simple job of allowing a hash or list of hashes under the section key to me. If a hash emit, if a list duplicate the key and emit, winner winner chicken dinner. My 50 cents...

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dog:
  name: 'scruffy' 
  breed: 'scotty' 
cat:
  - name: 'tiddles' 
    breed: 'siamese'
  - name: 'puss' 
    breed: 'ocelot' 

[dog]
name = scruffy
breed = scotty
[cat]
name = tiddles
breed = siamese
[cat]
name = puss
breed = ocelot

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I would support @spjmurray's solution. I think it is unambiguous.

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Caveat: the behavior for deep merge would need to be documented. If you already have a list and merge a hash, does the hash add to the list or replace it? If you already have a hash and merge a list, same question.

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Oh, this seems to be a duplicate of #42 which has more comments.

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Closing this now that #80 has been merged which should address this use case.

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