Do not error in case of empty list/dict constructed group #53748
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SUMMARY
I had a case where a constructed (keyed_group) was templating from a certain hostvar, and it produced an empty list. It produced an error that didn't make any sense. This adds content to the error message and makes this use case work successfully.
ISSUE TYPE
COMPONENT NAME
constructed inventory plugin
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The error that my case produced, using
devel
, was:In this case I was using
tags.keys()
, where the host variables had"tags": {}
. It is going to be a problem if this case cannot be allowed to proceed.Note: I only encountered this because I set
strict: True
, this allows users to be more vigilant, and I think it's a good idea to use this setting. However, it loses its utility if it fails the parsing process on cases it shouldn't.Ping @bcoca @s-hertel