carvel-dev / carvel-dev/ytt

Hint when author concats different types into a string

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Description

**Describe the problem/challenge you have**

```
Message: unable to stamp object for resource [source-scanner] in supply chain [source-test-scan-to-url]: unable to apply ytt template: ytt: Error:
- unknown binary op: string + int
in
stdin.yml:6 | name: #@ data.values.workload.metadata.name + "-" + i
```

**Describe the solution you'd like**
```diff
Message: unable to stamp object for resource [source-scanner] in supply chain [source-test-scan-to-url]: unable to apply ytt template: ytt: Error:
- unknown binary op: string + int
in
stdin.yml:6 | name: #@ data.values.workload.metadata.name + "-" + i
+ (hint: to concatenate non-string values in a string, use str() or string.format())
```

**Anything else you would like to add:**

Source: https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CH8KCCKA5
A continuation of: #509

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Research direction

Reproduce the string-plus-integer failure shown at stdin.yml:6 and trace where ytt formats the “unknown binary op” error. Done means this case includes the requested str() or string.format() hint while preserving the existing error location and message context.

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Assessment

Tech stack
go
Domain
cli, tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
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