Suboptimal expression

Reports suboptimal HCL2 expressions and suggests simplifications. For example, change element(list, index) to list[index] (keep in mind that the suggested simplification may change the semantics).

Locating this inspection

By ID

Can be used to locate inspection in e.g. Qodana configuration files, where you can quickly enable or disable it, or adjust its settings.

HCLSimplifyExpression

Via Settings dialog

Path to the inspection settings via IntelliJ Platform IDE Settings dialog, when you need to adjust inspection settings directly from your IDE.

Settings or Preferences | Editor | Inspections | Terraform

Availability

By default bundled with: IntelliJ IDEA 2024.1, Qodana for JVM 2024.1,
Can be installed with plugin: Terraform and HCL, 241.18072

Last modified: 18 June 2024