hashicorp / hashicorp/packer-plugin-amazon

Optional attributes for "object" types in variables?

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#### Description

I'd like to use "object" types for variables, but where some of the attributes are not required. I'd expect, when not specified, they would evaluate to the `default` value of the attribute. As a further example of the idea, Terraform has a similar concept, that they're [currently running as an experiment](https://www.terraform.io/language/expressions/type-constraints#experimental-optional-object-type-attributes).

#### Potential configuration

```
variable "example" {
type = object({
a = string # a required attribute
b = optional(string) # an optional attribute
})
default = {
a = "foo"
b = "bar"
}
}
```

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