Replacing URI.escape with URI::DEFAULT_PARSER

URI.escape was deprecated in ruby-2.7 and removed in ruby-3.x. This
change is breaking stdlib.

Replacing URI.escape with URI::DEFAULT_PARSER is working properly.

Author: valleedelisle

lib/puppet/parser/functions/uriescape.rb

@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ module Puppet::Parser::Functions
 
     result = if value.is_a?(Array)
                # Numbers in Puppet are often string-encoded which is troublesome ...
-               value.map { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI.escape(i) : i }
+               value.map { |i| i.is_a?(String) ? URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(i) : i }
              else
-               URI.escape(value)
+               URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape(value)
              end
 
     return result

spec/functions/uriescape_spec.rb

@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@
   end
 
   describe 'handling normal strings' do
-    it 'calls ruby\'s URI.escape function' do
+    it 'calls ruby\'s URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape function' do
       expect(URI).to receive(:escape).with('uri_string').and_return('escaped_uri_string').once
       is_expected.to run.with_params('uri_string').and_return('escaped_uri_string')
     end
   end
 
   describe 'handling classes derived from String' do
-    it 'calls ruby\'s URI.escape function' do
+    it 'calls ruby\'s URI::DEFAULT_PARSER.escape function' do
       uri_string = AlsoString.new('uri_string')
       expect(URI).to receive(:escape).with(uri_string).and_return('escaped_uri_string').once
       is_expected.to run.with_params(uri_string).and_return('escaped_uri_string')