Add spec for Long
custom scalar type
#26
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The
Long
data type is commonly used in many applications because the largest value that can be held in anInt
value is2^31-1
. See: graphql/graphql-spec#73I'm honestly torn about whether or not output strings should be allowed 👀 . As discussed in the linked issue common clients (JavaScript) does not read JSON numbers above
2^53-1
intonumber
without loss of precision.Also accepting
String
inputs without acceptingString
outputs seem inconsistent.