In Ansible’s debug module, is the msg parameter of str type or another type? Why can I pass numbers, lists, dictionaries, etc., unlike the official documentation describing it as str?" the ansible version used in V2.8.8,python3.7 [{7BA9771F-8B68-45F3-9A1C-4C9E92FED428}]

In Ansible's debug module, is the msg parameter of str type or another type?

bcoca (Brian Coca) July 10, 2025, 2:42pm 2

it automatically ‘stringifies’ them … but then it also automatically ‘jsonifies’ the string on output, which is probably what seems so confusing.

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