clarify types and link to Type Constraints pagedit types #33132
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Should I continue to leave this PR open? There hasn't been any activity in several months. |
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Co-authored-by: Judith Malnick <judith@hashicorp.com>
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@judithpatudith, there's some confusion about type specifics here, should we roll this back or rewrite it?
| * `map` (or `object`): a group of values identified by named labels, like | ||
| * `list`: a sequence of values, like `["us-west-1a", "us-west-1c"]`. Identify elements in a list with consecutive whole numbers, starting with zero. | ||
| * `set`: a collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering. | ||
| * `map`: a group of values identified by named labels, like |
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object was removed from the definition here, but the example is an object and not a map
| `{name = "Mabel", age = 52}`. | ||
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| Strings, numbers, and bools are sometimes called _primitive types._ Lists/tuples and maps/objects are sometimes called _complex types,_ _structural types,_ or _collection types._ | ||
| Strings, numbers, and bools are sometimes called _primitive types._ Lists and sets are forms | ||
| of tuples. Maps are a form of objects. Tuples and objects are sometimes called _complex types,_ |
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list and set are not forms of tuple, though homogeneous tuples can be converted to and from lists, and sets are unordered.
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@jbardin great catch, sorry about that! I'd say overwrite it; do you have time to open the PR? |
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We will want to backport the fix into 1.5 and 1.6 branches, just FYI. |
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I'm going to lock this pull request because it has been closed for 30 days ⏳. This helps our maintainers find and focus on the active contributions. |
setto the types list on thetypes.mdxpage.Note: this definition of
setis copied from the Type Constraints page, though that language may not be clear in this context. Rather than risk making a technical error, I opted to stay with the same text.Target Release
1.4.x
Draft CHANGELOG entry
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