Fix ansible_type plugin utils and adjust documentation of reveal_ansible_type filter and ansible_type test.

changelogs/fragments/9833-data-tagging.yml

@@ -1,2 +1,7 @@
 bugfixes:
   - "dependent look plugin - make compatible with ansible-core's Data Tagging feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833)."
+  - "reveal_ansible_type filter plugin and ansible_type test plugin - make compatible with ansible-core's Data Tagging feature (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833)."
+known_issues:
+  - "reveal_ansible_type filter plugin and ansible_type test plugin - note that ansible-core's Data Tagging feature implements new aliases,
+     such as ``_AnsibleTaggedStr`` for ``str``, ``_AnsibleTaggedInt`` for ``int``, and ``_AnsibleTaggedFloat`` for ``float``
+     (https://github.com/ansible-collections/community.general/pull/9833)."

plugins/filter/reveal_ansible_type.py

@@ -23,29 +23,29 @@ options:
 """
 
 EXAMPLES = r"""
-# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode
+# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode or _AnsibleTaggedStr
-# -------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# String. AnsibleUnicode.
+# String. AnsibleUnicode or _AnsibleTaggedStr.
 - data: "abc"
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-# result => AnsibleUnicode
+# result => AnsibleUnicode (or _AnsibleTaggedStr)
 
-# String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
+# String. AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr alias str.
-- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str"}
   data: "abc"
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
 # result => str
 
-# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode.
+# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
 - data: ["a", "b", "c"]
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-# result => list[AnsibleUnicode]
+# result => list[AnsibleUnicode] or list[_AnsibleTaggedStr]
 
-# Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
+# Dictionary. All keys and values are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
 - data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-# result => dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]
+# result => dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode] or dict[_AnsibleTaggedStr, _AnsibleTaggedStr]
 
 # No substitution and no alias. Type of strings is str
 # ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -82,29 +82,43 @@ EXAMPLES = r"""
 - result: '{{ {"a": 1, "b": 2} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
 # result => dict[str, int]
 
-# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode or str
+# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode, _AnsibleTaggedStr, or str
-# ----------------------------------------
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Dictionary. The keys are integers or strings. All values are strings.
-- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+- alias:
+    AnsibleUnicode: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
   data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
 # result => dict[int|str, str]
 
 # Dictionary. All keys are integers. All values are keys.
-- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+- alias:
+    AnsibleUnicode: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
   data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
 # result => dict[int, str]
 
 # Dictionary. All keys are strings. Multiple types values.
-- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+- alias:
+    AnsibleUnicode: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+    _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
   data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': true, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
 # result => dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
 
 # List. Multiple types items.
-- alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+- alias:
+    AnsibleUnicode: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+    _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
   data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', true, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
   result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
 # result => list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
@@ -122,6 +136,7 @@ from ansible_collections.community.general.plugins.plugin_utils.ansible_type imp
 def reveal_ansible_type(data, alias=None):
     """Returns data type"""
 
+    # TODO: expose use_native_type parameter
     return _ansible_type(data, alias)
 
 

plugins/plugin_utils/ansible_type.py

@@ -8,17 +8,31 @@ __metaclass__ = type
 from ansible.errors import AnsibleFilterError
 from ansible.module_utils.common._collections_compat import Mapping
 
+try:
+    # Introduced with Data Tagging (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84621):
+    from ansible.module_utils.datatag import native_type_name as _native_type_name
+except ImportError:
+    _native_type_name = None
 
-def _atype(data, alias):
+
+def _atype(data, alias, *, use_native_type: bool = False):
     """
     Returns the name of the type class.
     """
 
-    data_type = type(data).__name__
+    if use_native_type and _native_type_name:
+        data_type = _native_type_name(data)
+    else:
+        data_type = type(data).__name__
+    # The following types were introduced with Data Tagging (https://github.com/ansible/ansible/pull/84621):
+    if data_type == "_AnsibleLazyTemplateDict":
+        data_type = "dict"
+    elif data_type == "_AnsibleLazyTemplateList":
+        data_type = "list"
     return alias.get(data_type, data_type)
 
 
-def _ansible_type(data, alias):
+def _ansible_type(data, alias, *, use_native_type: bool = False):
     """
     Returns the Ansible data type.
     """
@@ -30,16 +44,16 @@ def _ansible_type(data, alias):
         msg = "The argument alias must be a dictionary. %s is %s"
         raise AnsibleFilterError(msg % (alias, type(alias)))
 
-    data_type = _atype(data, alias)
+    data_type = _atype(data, alias, use_native_type=use_native_type)
 
     if data_type == 'list' and len(data) > 0:
-        items = [_atype(i, alias) for i in data]
+        items = [_atype(i, alias, use_native_type=use_native_type) for i in data]
         items_type = '|'.join(sorted(set(items)))
         return ''.join((data_type, '[', items_type, ']'))
 
     if data_type == 'dict' and len(data) > 0:
-        keys = [_atype(i, alias) for i in data.keys()]
+        keys = [_atype(i, alias, use_native_type=use_native_type) for i in data.keys()]
-        vals = [_atype(i, alias) for i in data.values()]
+        vals = [_atype(i, alias, use_native_type=use_native_type) for i in data.values()]
         keys_type = '|'.join(sorted(set(keys)))
         vals_type = '|'.join(sorted(set(vals)))
         return ''.join((data_type, '[', keys_type, ', ', vals_type, ']'))

plugins/test/ansible_type.py

@@ -28,30 +28,36 @@ DOCUMENTATION = '''
 
 EXAMPLES = '''
 
-# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode
+# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode or _AnsibleTaggedStr
-# -------------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
-# String. AnsibleUnicode.
+# String. AnsibleUnicode or _AnsibleTaggedStr.
-dtype: AnsibleUnicode
+dtype:
+  - AnsibleUnicode
+  - _AnsibleTaggedStr
 data: "abc"
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
 
-# String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
+# String. AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr alias str.
-alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str"}
 dtype: str
 data: "abc"
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # result => true
 
-# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode.
+# List. All items are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
-dtype: list[AnsibleUnicode]
+dtype:
+  - list[AnsibleUnicode]
+  - list[_AnsibleTaggedStr]
 data: ["a", "b", "c"]
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
 
-# Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
+# Dictionary. All keys and values are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
-dtype: dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]
+dtype:
+  - dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]
+  - dict[_AnsibleTaggedStr, _AnsibleTaggedStr]
 data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
@@ -99,32 +105,46 @@ dtype: dict[str, int]
 result: '{{ {"a": 1, "b": 2} is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
 
-# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode or str
+# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode, _AnsibleTaggedStr, or str
-# ----------------------------------------
+# ------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Dictionary. The keys are integers or strings. All values are strings.
-alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+alias:
+  AnsibleUnicode: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
 dtype: dict[int|str, str]
 data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # Dictionary. All keys are integers. All values are keys.
-alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+alias:
+  AnsibleUnicode: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
 dtype: dict[int, str]
 data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # Dictionary. All keys are strings. Multiple types values.
-alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+alias:
+  AnsibleUnicode: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+  _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
 dtype: dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
 data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': True, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # List. Multiple types items.
-alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+alias:
+  AnsibleUnicode: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+  _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+  _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
 dtype: list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
 data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', True, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
@@ -133,20 +153,20 @@ result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # Option dtype is list
 # --------------------
 
-# AnsibleUnicode or str
+# AnsibleUnicode, _AnsibleTaggedStr, or str
-dtype: ['AnsibleUnicode', 'str']
+dtype: ['AnsibleUnicode', '_AnsibleTaggedStr', 'str']
 data: abc
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # float or int
-dtype: ['float', 'int']
+dtype: ['float', 'int', "_AnsibleTaggedInt", "_AnsibleTaggedFloat"]
 data: 123
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # float or int
-dtype: ['float', 'int']
+dtype: ['float', 'int', "_AnsibleTaggedInt", "_AnsibleTaggedFloat"]
 data: 123.45
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # result => true
@@ -155,14 +175,22 @@ result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype) }}'
 # --------------
 
 # int alias number
-alias: {"int": "number", "float": "number"}
+alias:
+    int: number
+    float: number
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: number
+    _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
 dtype: number
 data: 123
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
 # result => true
 
 # float alias number
-alias: {"int": "number", "float": "number"}
+alias:
+    int: number
+    float: number
+    _AnsibleTaggedInt: number
+    _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
 dtype: number
 data: 123.45
 result: '{{ data is community.general.ansible_type(dtype, alias) }}'
@@ -192,6 +220,7 @@ def ansible_type(data, dtype, alias=None):
     else:
         data_types = dtype
 
+    # TODO: expose use_native_type parameter
     return _ansible_type(data, alias) in data_types
 
 

tests/integration/targets/filter_reveal_ansible_type/tasks/tasks.yml

@@ -2,53 +2,60 @@
 # GNU General Public License v3.0+ (see LICENSES/GPL-3.0-or-later.txt or https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt)
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
 
-# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode
+# Substitution converts str to AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr
-# -------------------------------------------
+# -------------------------------------------------------------
 
-- name: String. AnsibleUnicode.
+- name: String. AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
   assert:
-    that: result == dtype
+    that: result in dtype
-    success_msg: '"abc" is {{ dtype }}'
+    success_msg: '"abc" is one of {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: '"abc" is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: '"abc" is {{ result }}, not one of {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     data: "abc"
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'AnsibleUnicode'
+    dtype:
+      - 'AnsibleUnicode'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedStr'
 
-- name: String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
+- name: String. AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr alias str.
   assert:
-    that: result == dtype
+    that: result in dtype
-    success_msg: '"abc" is {{ dtype }}'
+    success_msg: '"abc" is one of {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: '"abc" is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: '"abc" is {{ result }}, not one of {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str"}
     data: "abc"
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
-    dtype: 'str'
+    dtype:
+      - 'str'
 
-- name: List. All items are AnsibleUnicode.
+- name: List. All items are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
   assert:
-    that: result == dtype
+    that: result in dtype
-    success_msg: '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ dtype }}'
+    success_msg: '["a", "b", "c"] is one of {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ result }}, not one of {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     data: ["a", "b", "c"]
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'list[AnsibleUnicode]'
+    dtype:
+      - 'list[AnsibleUnicode]'
+      - 'list[_AnsibleTaggedStr]'
 
-- name: Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
+- name: Dictionary. All keys and values are AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr.
   assert:
-    that: result == dtype
+    that: result in dtype
-    success_msg: '{"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"} is {{ dtype }}'
+    success_msg: '{"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"} is one of {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: '{"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"} is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: '{"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"} is {{ result }}, not one of {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]'
+    dtype:
+      - 'dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]'
+      - 'dict[_AnsibleTaggedStr, _AnsibleTaggedStr]'
 
 # No substitution and no alias. Type of strings is str
 # ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -57,7 +64,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '"abc" is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '"abc" is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '"abc" is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ "abc" | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -67,7 +74,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '123 is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '123 is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '123 is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ 123 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -77,7 +84,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '123.45 is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '123.45 is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '123.45 is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ 123.45 | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -87,7 +94,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: 'true is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  'true is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  'true is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ true | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -97,7 +104,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '["a", "b", "c"] is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ ["a", "b", "c"] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -107,7 +114,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '[{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '[{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '[{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ [{"a": 1}, {"b": 2}] | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -117,7 +124,7 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '{"a": 1} is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '{"a": 1} is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '{"a": 1} is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ {"a": 1} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
@@ -127,23 +134,23 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: '{"a": 1, "b": 2} is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg:  '{"a": 1, "b": 2} is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg:  '{"a": 1, "b": 2} is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
     result: '{{ {"a": 1, "b": 2} | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
     dtype: dict[str, int]
 
-# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode or str
+# Type of strings is AnsibleUnicode/_AnsibleTaggedStr or str
-# ----------------------------------------
+# ----------------------------------------------------------
 
 - name: Dictionary. The keys are integers or strings. All values are strings.
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: 'data is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedInt": "int"}
     data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[int|str, str]
@@ -152,10 +159,10 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: 'data is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedInt": "int"}
     data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[int, str]
@@ -164,10 +171,10 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: 'data is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedInt": "int", "_AnsibleTaggedFloat": "float"}
     data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': True, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
@@ -176,10 +183,10 @@
   assert:
     that: result == dtype
     success_msg: 'data is {{ dtype }}'
-    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}'
+    fail_msg: 'data is {{ result }}, not {{ dtype }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedInt": "int", "_AnsibleTaggedFloat": "float"}
     data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', True, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]

tests/integration/targets/test_ansible_type/tasks/tasks.yml

@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@
   vars:
     data: "abc"
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'AnsibleUnicode'
+    dtype:
+      - 'AnsibleUnicode'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedStr'
 
 - name: String. AnsibleUnicode alias str.
   assert:
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@
     fail_msg: '"abc" is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str", "_AnsibleTaggedStr": "str"}
     data: "abc"
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: 'str'
@@ -37,7 +39,9 @@
   vars:
     data: ["a", "b", "c"]
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'list[AnsibleUnicode]'
+    dtype:
+      - 'list[AnsibleUnicode]'
+      - 'list[_AnsibleTaggedStr]'
 
 - name: Dictionary. All keys are AnsibleUnicode. All values are AnsibleUnicode.
   assert:
@@ -48,7 +52,9 @@
   vars:
     data: {"a": "foo", "b": "bar", "c": "baz"}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: 'dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]'
+    dtype:
+      - 'dict[AnsibleUnicode, AnsibleUnicode]'
+      - 'dict[_AnsibleTaggedStr, _AnsibleTaggedStr]'
 
 # No substitution and no alias. Type of strings is str
 # ----------------------------------------------------
@@ -143,7 +149,10 @@
     fail_msg: '{"1": "a", "b": "b"} is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias:
+      AnsibleUnicode: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
     data: {1: 'a', 'b': 'b'}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[int|str, str]
@@ -155,7 +164,10 @@
     fail_msg: '{"1": "a", "2": "b"} is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias:
+      AnsibleUnicode: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
     data: {1: 'a', 2: 'b'}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[int, str]
@@ -167,7 +179,11 @@
     fail_msg: '{"a": 1, "b": 1.1, "c": "abc", "d": true, "e": ["x", "y", "z"], "f": {"x": 1, "y": 2}} is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias:
+      AnsibleUnicode: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+      _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
     data: {'a': 1, 'b': 1.1, 'c': 'abc', 'd': True, 'e': ['x', 'y', 'z'], 'f': {'x': 1, 'y': 2}}
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: dict[str, bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
@@ -179,7 +195,11 @@
     fail_msg: '[1, 2, 1.1, "abc", true, ["x", "y", "z"], {"x": 1, "y": 2}] is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"AnsibleUnicode": "str"}
+    alias:
+      AnsibleUnicode: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedStr: str
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: int
+      _AnsibleTaggedFloat: float
     data: [1, 2, 1.1, 'abc', True, ['x', 'y', 'z'], {'x': 1, 'y': 2}]
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: list[bool|dict|float|int|list|str]
@@ -196,7 +216,10 @@
   vars:
     data: abc
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: ['AnsibleUnicode', 'str']
+    dtype:
+      - 'AnsibleUnicode'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedStr'
+      - 'str'
 
 - name: float or int
   assert:
@@ -207,7 +230,11 @@
   vars:
     data: 123
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: ['float', 'int']
+    dtype:
+      - 'float'
+      - 'int'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedInt'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedFloat'
 
 - name: float or int
   assert:
@@ -218,7 +245,11 @@
   vars:
     data: 123.45
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type }}'
-    dtype: ['float', 'int']
+    dtype:
+      - 'float'
+      - 'int'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedInt'
+      - '_AnsibleTaggedFloat'
 
 # Multiple alias
 # --------------
@@ -230,7 +261,11 @@
     fail_msg: '123 is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"int": "number", "float": "number"}
+    alias:
+      int: number
+      float: number
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: number
+      _AnsibleTaggedFloat: number
     data: 123
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: number
@@ -242,7 +277,11 @@
     fail_msg: '123.45 is {{ result }}'
     quiet: '{{ quiet_test | default(true) | bool }}'
   vars:
-    alias: {"int": "number", "float": "number"}
+    alias:
+      int: number
+      float: number
+      _AnsibleTaggedInt: number
+      _AnsibleTaggedFloat: number
     data: 123.45
     result: '{{ data | community.general.reveal_ansible_type(alias) }}'
     dtype: number