Regex_search and Regex_match are filters, not tests

[mdegat01]

The problem

The added filters of regex_search and regex_match are not jinja tests even though they return a boolean. This means they cannot be used in a select or selectattr expression even though it makes sense to do so. This is what you see if you try:

These should become jinja tests so they can be used in this way. For reference, Ansible added these same options to Jinja and they added them as tests (see here).

Environment

• Home Assistant Core release with the issue: 2020.12.7
• Last working Home Assistant Core release (if known):
• Operating environment (OS/Container/Supervised/Core): Home Assistant OS 5.9
• Integration causing this issue:
• Link to integration documentation on our website: https://www.home-assistant.io/docs/configuration/templating/

Problem-relevant configuration.yaml

{{ states.binary_sensor | selectattr('entity_id', 'regex_search', '_update_available$') | list }}

Traceback/Error logs

TemplateRuntimeError: no test named 'regex_search'

Additional information

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