Support plus operator for string concatenation
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Description
Inspired by code in https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl/issues/212
```hcl2
resource "aws_kms_alias" "main" {
name = "alias/${var.alias}"
}
```
```hcl2
resource "aws_kms_alias" "main" {
name = "alias/" + var.alias
}
```
Should be equivalent, though `terraform validate` shows an error
`Unsuitable value for left operand: a number is required.`
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the two HCL examples and the reported `terraform validate` error, then trace how expression operators are parsed and evaluated in this repository. The work is done when string concatenation with `+` behaves equivalently to interpolation and the relevant validation behavior is covered.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- go
- Domain
- compilers
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100