Azure/bicep v0.36.1 on GitHub

Highlights

GA release for optional types in variables (#17055)

// current variable syntax
var foo = 'hello'

// new variable syntax with optional type
var foo string = 'hello'

Add userPrincipalName to deployer() function return type (#17099)
Example usage:
```
var myUser = deployer().userPrincipalName
```
[Experimental] New CLI command group bicep snapshot for snapshot validation. See Using the snapshot command for usage information.
- Video demo available here
[Experimental] Local Deploy: Various improvements to support end-to-end scenarios (#17048, #17195, #17234, #17235, #17095)
- Video demo available here
[Requires the moduleIdentity Experimental feature] Support identity assignments on modules (#17150, #17233)
Example usage:
```
param identityId string

module mod './module.bicep' = {
  identity: {
    type: 'UserAssigned'
    userAssignedIdentities: {
      '${identityId}': {}
    }
  }
}
```
Note that this is introduced for future capabilities, and is not currently supported by the backend service.
Bicep Extensibility feature flag has been removed (#17094)
Documentation available at Use Bicep Extensions

Fix completions for function arguments (#17146)
Enable decompilation of KV reference in parameters json (#17196)
Allow outer variable completions in user-defined functions (#17198)
Handle case insensitive name clashes for imported variable, func, and type symbols (#17200)
Add value bounds to loop index variable (#17201)
Raise error diagnostic on ambiguous scope (#17202)
Fix F12 for imported symbols from oci modules (#16941)
use-secure-value-for-secure-inputs linter rule: Remove some false positives (#17107)
adding cases to handle user defined typed params (#16864)
adding completion support for 'extends' keyword (#17194)
Fix F12 for imported symbols from oci modules (#16941)

Add linter rule to warn on unused compile-time imports (#16990) - thanks @GABRIELNGBTUC !
Disable linter rule "Maximum number of variables used" when the file does not contain declarations used in files meant to deployed and variables are exported (#17149) - thanks @GABRIELNGBTUC !