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Author SHA1 Message Date
Daniel Tschinder
8747ff8954 RFC: Block String
This RFC adds a new form of `StringValue`, the multi-line string, similar to that found in Python and Scala.

A multi-line string starts and ends with a triple-quote:

```
"""This is a triple-quoted string
and it can contain multiple lines"""
```

Multi-line strings are useful for typing literal bodies of text where new lines should be interpretted literally. In fact, the only escape sequence used is `\"""` and `\` is otherwise allowed unescaped. This is beneficial when writing documentation within strings which may reference the back-slash often:

```
"""
In a multi-line string \n and C:\\ are unescaped.
"""
```

The primary value of multi-line strings are to write long-form input directly in query text, in tools like GraphiQL, and as a prerequisite to another pending RFC to allow docstring style documentation in the Schema Definition Language.

Ref: graphql/graphql-js#926
2018-02-10 18:43:26 +01:00
Vladimir Razuvaev
a79a51d445 Schema Parsing: allow leading pipe for union type definitions 2017-07-05 19:01:13 +07:00
vladar
8a676cde99 Support for NullValue 2016-11-18 23:59:28 +07:00
vladar
cd14146032 Updated parser to consume latest lexer; New public parser API methods: parseType and parseValue; added directives to schema parser/printer 2016-10-17 02:57:24 +07:00
vladar
687b023616 Schema language parsing / printing 2016-09-14 18:41:02 +07:00