So I'm afraid I know the answer to this, but...it ...
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:33 PMSo I'm afraid I know the answer to this, but...it looks like configuration data in Pulumi is just a string:string mapping?
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microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:33 PM
That is essentially correct. It's currently up to the language to interpret the config values.
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:33 PMNngh. That's really, really unfortunate
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microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:34 PM
I think we have an issue somewhere tracking improving this. Looking...
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:34 PM(current context: "I have a list of CIDR blocks I need passed to a security group")
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microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:35 PM
https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/issues/1052 is the issue, though it sort of only hints at the problem.
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:35 PMYeah, TBH this is the first part of Pulumi that I think I have to completely go around
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microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:35 PM
The current approach is to represent richer values as JSON and use
config.requireObject<>microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:36 PM
or
config.getObject<>microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:36 PM
Yeah, the config system as it stands could use some work š
microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:36 PM
If you have ideas here we'd love to hear them.
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:36 PMI have ideas, but they fundamentally disrespect the multi-platform thing you're going for.
boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:37 PMI'm probably just going to do the same thing I do for every other JS app:
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microscopic-florist-22719
09/04/2018, 7:38 PM
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:38 PM(When I say "JS" I really mean "TypeScript", and then I already have a self-describing config without having to have one reinvented)
boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 7:39 PMThough, tangentially, the multi-language thing is the thing about Pulumi that worries me the most. Lowest common denominators and all
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rough-oil-1458
09/04/2018, 8:51 PMbut... that was so easy to go around... that i'd call that a feature
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stocky-spoon-28903
09/04/2018, 9:14 PMI think Iād agree with @rough-oil-1458 there.
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boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 9:48 PMI wouldn't, because now I'm not doing something standard.
boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 9:48 PMWhich means I have to document it and have to maintain it.
boundless-monkey-50243
09/04/2018, 9:49 PMUsers will read Pulumi's docs and have to remember (incurring additional cognitive load) that "we do something different here"
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rough-oil-1458
09/05/2018, 1:04 PMLibrary vs Framework š