carvel-dev / carvel-dev/ytt

Including a comment in a `@template/value` causes an unexpected template error

Open
#668 0 comments 1 reaction 0 assignees View on GitHub
bug priority/unprioritized-backlog
Dominant language
Go
Stars
1.9k
Forks
167
PR merge metrics
No merged PRs in 30d

Description

**What steps did you take:**

Adding a comment after setting a value for a node...

```yaml
list_with_a_map: #@ some_list #! including this comment fails
```

**What happened:**
Results in an error:

```
- got identifier, want ')'
yaml.yml:1 | list_with_a_map: #@ some_list #! including this comment fails
yaml.yml:? | __ytt_tpl2_end_ctx(None) (generated)
```

**What did you expect:**

For the comment to simply be ignored.

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

- reported [#carvel ~ 2021-07-16](https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CH8KCCKA5/p1626440295463700) by @larssb
- reported [#carvel ~ 2022-05-31](https://kubernetes.slack.com/archives/CH8KCCKA5/p1652477858157579) by @voor

**Environment:**

- ytt version (use `ytt --version`): v0.40.1
- OS (e.g. from `/etc/os-release`): *

---
Vote on this request

This is an invitation to the community to vote on issues, to help us prioritize our backlog. Use the "smiley face" up to the right of this comment to vote.

👍 "I would like to see this addressed as soon as possible"
👎 "There are other more important things to focus on right now"

We are also happy to receive and review Pull Requests if you want to help working on this issue.

Contributor guide

Open the contributing guide

Assessment

This issue has not been assessed yet.

Get new issues in your inbox

A short digest of beginner-friendly GitHub issues.