Incorrect $ parsing as string element about go-cty HOT 6 CLOSED

@marcsauter take a look here: https://github.com/doctornkz/signalfx2terraform/blob/master/builder/dashboard.go#L79-L84
it gives me possibility generate that example:

  chart {                  
    chart_id = "${signalfx_time_chart.sfx-XXXXXX.id}"
    column   = 0    
    row      = 1
    width    = 6
    height   = 1                                                      
  }

with ${} inside the structure

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I found the tricky solution. If I use cty.StringVal("$${world}") I am receiving hello = "$$${world}" and doubled $$ compensate each other and it works like one $. But I think it's not good way to fix.

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Hi @doctornkz,

What you are seeing here seems to be an HCL behavior, not a cty behavior. With that said, I believe it's working as intended because it's escaping the ${ sequence in your literal string so that the HCL parser would then see it as a literal ${ rather than the beginning of an interpolation sequence. If you'd like to discuss this more, please open an issue in the HCL repository.

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I solved problem with hcl.Traversal() .Now, I can create templated config file. Ugly, but works good for me.

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@doctornkz do you have an example of your solution?

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Thank you so much, that solves out problem.

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