Simplify the way the debug: var=varname plugin works.

lib/ansible/runner/action_plugins/debug.py

@@ -49,9 +49,11 @@ class ActionModule(object):
             else:
                 result = dict(msg=args['msg'])
         elif 'var' in args:
-            results = utils.safe_eval(args['var'], inject, include_exceptions=True, template_call=True)
+
+            results = utils.safe_eval(args['var'], inject, include_exceptions=True)
             intermediate = results[0]
             exception = results[1]
+            print exception
             if exception is not None:
                 intermediate = "failed to evaluate: %s" % str(exception)
             result[args['var']] = intermediate

lib/ansible/utils/__init__.py

@@ -899,7 +899,7 @@ def is_list_of_strings(items):
             return False
     return True
 
-def safe_eval(str, locals=None, include_exceptions=False, template_call=False):
+def safe_eval(str, locals=None, include_exceptions=False):
     '''
     this is intended for allowing things like:
     with_items: a_list_variable
@@ -909,10 +909,6 @@ def safe_eval(str, locals=None, include_exceptions=False, template_call=False):
     '''
     # FIXME: is there a more native way to do this?
 
-    if template_call:
-        # for the debug module in Ansible, allow debug of the form foo.bar.baz versus Python dictionary form
-        str = template.template(None, "{{ %s }}" % str, locals)
-
     def is_set(var):
         return not var.startswith("$") and not '{{' in var