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Author SHA1 Message Date
Alisdair McDiarmid
926e53e338 hclwrite: Generate multi-line objects and maps
The previous syntax for object and map values was a single line of
key-value pairs. For example:

  object = { bar = 5, baz = true, foo = "foo" }

This is very compact, but in practice for many HCL values, less readable
and less common than a multi-line object format. This commit changes the
generated output from hclwrite to one line per attribute.

Examples of the new format:

  // Empty object/map is a single line
  a = {}

  // Single-value object/map has the attribute on a separate line
  b = {
    bar = 5
  }

  // Multi-value object/map has one line per attribute
  c = {
    bar = 5
    baz = true
  }
2020-05-06 09:45:13 -04:00
Colin Hoglund
b954e171a6 hclwrite: fix TokensForTraversal handling of index steps 2019-11-11 15:17:19 -08:00
Martin Atkins
6c4344623b Unfold the "hcl" directory up into the root
The main HCL package is more visible this way, and so it's easier than
having to pick it out from dozens of other package directories.
2019-09-09 16:08:19 -07:00
Martin Atkins
3327dee567 Change module path to github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2
This is in preparation for the first v2 release from the main HCL
repository.
2019-09-09 15:46:40 -07:00
Martin Atkins
bafa0c5ace hcl/hclsyntax: Accept single-line block definitions
This relaxes our previous spec to include a special form from HCL 1:

    foo { bar = baz }

Although we normally require each argument to be on a line of its own, as
a special case we allow a block to be defined with a single nested
argument all on one line.

Only one nested argument definition is allowed, and a nested block
definition like "foo { bar {} }" is also disallowed in order to force the
more-readable split of bar {} onto a line of its own.

This is a pragmatic addition for broader compatibility with HCL 1-oriented
input. This single-line usage is not considered idiomatic HCL 2 and may
in future be undone by the formatter, though for now it is left as-is
aside from the spacing around the braces.

This also changes the behavior of the source code formatter to include
spaces on both sides of braces. This mimicks the formatting behavior of
HCL 1 for this situation, and (subjectively) reads better even for other
one-line braced expressions like object constructors and object for
expressions.
2018-12-14 13:45:03 -08:00
Martin Atkins
966851f309 hclwrite: TokensForValue
This function produces a token stream of a reasonable source
representation of the given constant value.
2018-07-14 15:05:37 -07:00