What do people generally do to work around this issue here

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What do people generally do to work around this issue here <https github com pulumi pulumi issues 2306> I m currently working on a thing where I actually need quite a few lists in my config or where resources even require lists as input and this issue is a bit annoying

white-balloon-205 · Answer

You can use `config getObject` to parse the string value of the config as JSON Then you can set config to the valid JSON string input you want Alternatively I ve seen many folks just encode lists comma separated and then `val split ` to get the array of values

colossal-room-15708 · Answer

I guess that s clever enough for the time being Cheers

proud-artist-4864 · Answer

yaml is an awful text protocol because it s so easy to screw up And then you end up with stupid stuff like templated yaml

proud-artist-4864 · Answer

Personally I d add a custom config of my own and not try to extend Pulumi s

proud-artist-4864 · Answer

I like the idea of making config actually a resource means that the dependencies get to be part of the graph