Add option for argument_specs to hide variables in argument_spec_data that did not fail

[ryanmerolle]

Summary

Adding a meta/argument_specs.yml to a role is quite helpful for input validation, but it can get quite noisy for roles with quite a few variables in the argument_specs definition. It would be nice to add to some sort of configuration variable (several possible options one where this could be set), allow you to display either:

• full (current behavior of showing full argument_spec_data)
• failed (only show the data for variables with errors)
• none (do not show any argument_spec_data since the argument_errors and msg keys give relevant error details)

Issue Type

Feature Idea

Component Name

role validate_argument_spec

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• lib/ansible/modules/validate_argument_spec.py

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[nitzmahone]

We've added this to our 2.18 planning backlog as a discussion item. It's a reasonable ask on its own, but there are similar issues where hardcoded task result elision happens in the callback dump/display- it'd be good to come up with a more standard task-provided "hint" to the callback to elide these kinds of tasks, along with a single knob to easily disable it everywhere for forensic purposes without hacking the playbook/task itself.