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Author SHA1 Message Date
Martin Atkins c753df6a93 lang/funcs: templatefile function
This function is similar to the template_file data source offered by the
template provider, but having it built in to the language makes it more
convenient to use, allowing templates to be rendered from files anywhere
an inline template would normally be allowed:

    user_data = templatefile("${path.module}/userdata.tmpl", {
      hostname = format("petserver%02d", count.index)
    })

Unlike the template_file data source, this function allows values of any
type in its variables map, passing them through verbatim to the template.
Its tighter integration with Terraform also allows it to return better
error messages with source location information from the template itself.

The template_file data source was originally created to work around the
fact that HIL didn't have any support for map values at the time, and
even once map support was added it wasn't very usable. With HCL2
expressions, there's little reason left to use a data source to render
a template; the only remaining reason left to use template_file is to
render a template that is constructed dynamically during the Terraform
run, which is a very rare need.
2018-12-21 08:06:14 -08:00
Radek Simko edaa4bbc82
lang: Add fileexists function 2018-10-17 10:18:07 +01:00
Kristin Laemmert eb1d8b7909 cleanup comments for nicer godocs 2018-10-16 18:49:20 -07:00
Kristin Laemmert 755b1e2497 implement pathexpand 2018-10-16 18:48:28 -07:00
Kristin Laemmert 2a2ffb6ef4 implement dirname function 2018-10-16 18:48:28 -07:00
Kristin Laemmert 8c1f0842b0 implement basename function 2018-10-16 18:48:28 -07:00
Martin Atkins 129f5fe74d lang/funcs: port some of Terraform's built-in functions
These implementations are adaptations of the existing implementations in
config/interpolate_funcs.go, updated to work with the cty API.

The set of functions chosen here was motivated mainly by what Terraform's
existing context tests depend on, so we can get the contexts tests back
into good shape before fleshing out the rest of these functions.
2018-10-16 18:48:28 -07:00