Map override in terraform.tfvars gives a syntax error.

[2deviant]

Not sure if this is a bug report or a feature request, however.

variables.tf

variable "INSTANCE" {
    default = {
        TYPE = "t2.micro"
        SOMETHING = "override this"
    }
}

terraform.tfvars

INSTANCE.SOMETHING = "Something Else"

Command

>> terraform plan
invalid value "terraform.tfvars" for flag -var-file-default: Error parsing terraform.tfvars: Line 1, column 9: syntax error

I do believe I am using the correct override syntax as described here: http://www.terraform.io/intro/getting-started/variables.html.

[mitchellh]

You can work around this by quoting the key: "INSTANCE.SOMETHING" = "Something else".

I'm not sure if it makes sense to support this syntax without quoting in HCL first class... I want to think about it further. Thoughts, @armon?

[armon]

Hmm, I think it does look better without the quoting, but also not sure about the complexity in HCL. I don't think it would be that much worse?

[mitchellh]

Nope, wouldn't be hard at all (just a lexer change). I was just wondering if it maybe conflicted with anything obviously. I'll make the change.

[mitchellh]

Fixed

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