reverse and back again not valid

[dynnamitt]

i cannot convert a tf to json and back again .. ( json2hcl -reverse < a.tf | json2hcl > b.tf )

a.tf ;

"terraform" = {
"backend" "local" {
"key" = "x.tfstate"
}
}

-- result b.tf

"terraform" = {
"backend" = {
"local" = {
"key" = "x.tfstate"
}
}
}

once back as b.tf iIT IS NOT valid syntax

Error loading ..../.../t2.tf: Error reading backend config for terraform block: position -: 'backend' must be followed by exactly one string: a type

[Acconut]

Similar errors have been reported many times (e.g. #4). The problem is that the official HCL parser library that we use, does not produce the same output as you input because there are multiple serialized version for a given HCL file. This comment contains two links with more details: #4 (comment)