[request]: impl `From` for types contained in aws_sdk_dynamodb::model::AttributeValue

[simonvandel]

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Tell us about your request

• Implement From for AttributeValue for common types
  • Blob -> AttributeValue::B
  • bool -> AttributeValue::Bool
  • Vec -> AttributeValue::Bs
  • Vec -> AttributeValue::L
  • HashMap<String, AttributeValue>, AttributeValue::M
  • all number types -> AttributeValue::N
  • Vec -> AttributeValue::Ns
  • String -> AttributeValue::S
  • Vec -> AttributeValue::SS
  • (I left out AttributeValue::Null since that would conflict with AttributeValue::Bool)
• Let all methods that currently take AttributeValue instead take Into<AttributeValue>

That will allow methods such as expression_attribute_values to be used like this

expression_attribute_values(":name", "some name".to_string())

instead of the current

expression_attribute_values(":name", AttributeValue::S("some name".to_string()))

Tell us about the problem you're trying to solve.

Make constructing AttributeValues more ergonomic.

Are you currently working around this issue?

Converting to AttributeValue manually.

Additional context

No response

[rcoh]

this is a great idea! It's unfortunate that we can't do it for all unions (because determining the conflicts and allowing for backwards compatibility doesn't work :-/)

I think we probably won't accept Into<AttributeValue> on methods, at least not currently because it confounds IDE type hinting so badly. However, we could include an auto From impl where we impl From<&str> which would allow expression_attribute_values(":name":, "some name".into())

Probably the best way to tackle this is as a customization on AttributeValue specifically