Hi all,
Ansible has a lot of options, where combining and chaining filters is of
great usage.
In certain cases the final result might become a bit hard to maintain if it
is re-used in multiple places. E.g. take the following examples:
*merged_list: "{{ (lookup('vars', *query('varnames', '^.+__merge_list$')) +
[testlist_initial_value]) | flatten(levels=1) }}"*
*merged_dict: "{{ lookup('vars', *query('varnames', '^.+__merge_dict$')) |
combine(testdict_initial_value, recursive=True, list_merge='append') }}"*
I couldn't find anything about Ansible having this functionality, but is it
an idea for adding functions/aliases to Ansible where often re-used
expressions can be stored as a 'function' or 'alias' so the user can call
it with the appropriate input arguments?
In case of the above e.g. defining the expressions somewhere and calling it
as e.g.
*{{ merge_dict('__merge_dict', testdict_initial_value) }}*
The user then only has to define the complex expression once, after which
it can re-use the function in multiple places throughout the project.
Happy to hear any thoughts on this idea (or whether this is already
possible).
Regards,
Roy
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