I have had a couple times run into an issue where my call to

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I have had a couple times run into an issue where my call to ` lt stackname gt get output foo ` silently fails and I only find out when some resource mysteriously isn t configured correctly The root of the error is me doing something silly like misspelling the variable name and I usually find it in not too long but it would certainly make it easier to catch if the failure wasn t silent What is the rationale for not throwing an error during preview to prevent these issues

full-artist-27215 · Answer

It s not so much silently failing as it is working as intended `get output` naturally returns `None` if the given key doesn t exist If you use `require output` it will throw an error if the key isn t present

full-artist-27215 · Answer

Same as `my dict get foo ` vs `my dict require foo `

full-artist-27215 · Answer

For stack references I don t think I ever use `get output` for this exact reason

square-dress-80180 · Answer

Ah ok That makes sense Thanks < full artist 27215> for guiding me in the right direction