Initial features needed for Bicep

[SteveL-MSFT]

Summary of the new feature / enhancement

• [x] not()
• [x] or()
• [x] and()
• [x] automatic consumption of .bicep files
• [ ] output
• [x] union()
• [x] contains()
• [x] endsWith()
• [x] length()
• [x] utcNow()
• [x] uniqueString()
• [x] empty()
• [x] Copy (aka loops)
• [ ] Types
• [ ] map() - lambda
• [ ] filter() - lambda
• [ ] reduce() - lambda
• [ ] ARM language v2 support
• [ ] flatten() -ARM language v2

Proposed technical implementation details (optional)

No response

[Gijsreyn]

@SteveL-MSFT - I think this is also part of the ARM language v2 support. It would be pretty cool if something like the following can be done:

extension dsc
targetScope = 'desiredStateConfiguration'

param companyName string = 'MyCompany'
param valueData registryValueDataType

resource registry 'Microsoft.Windows/[email protected]' = {
  keyPath: 'HKLM\\Software\\${toLower(companyName)}'
  valueName: 'InstallPath'
  valueData: valueData
}

// =============== //
//   Definitions   //
// =============== //

@export()
@description('The type for registry value data. Can be one of several variants based on the registry value type.')
type registryValueDataType = {
  @description('Optional. A string value (REG_SZ).')
  String: string?

  @description('Optional. An expandable string value (REG_EXPAND_SZ).')
  ExpandString: string?

  @description('Optional. Binary data (REG_BINARY).')
  Binary: int[]?

  @description('Optional. A 32-bit number (REG_DWORD).')
  DWord: int?

  @description('Optional. An array of strings (REG_MULTI_SZ).')
  MultiString: string[]?

  @description('Optional. A 64-bit number (REG_QWORD).')
  QWord: int?
}