Number String or Int not allowed in Enum

[dankolesnikov]

When defining an enum with a Number String like "11201" or an Int like11201, it will result in a schema validation error Names must match /^[_a-zA-Z][_a-zA-Z0-9]*$/ but "11201" does not.

Why are number strings or Int not allowed to be an enum? Thank you!

snippet:

enum IsoClass {
  11201
  11202
  11203
}

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[dankolesnikov]

https://github.com/graphql/graphiql/issues/586

[avibanerjee]

I have been facing the same issue. Would greatly appreciate this as a feature.

[benjie]

Enum values conform to Name; some previous comments on requests like this:

• https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/issues/779#issuecomment-701891496
• https://github.com/graphql/graphql-spec/issues/508#issuecomment-426144240

[benjie]

I don't think this was actually a GraphQL Spec WG Action Item so I'm going to remove the label.

[rivantsov]

I think it's in-line with enum concept in programming languages like c# or java - enum is a list of names (!) or named int constants (in c#). I would better keep it this way, aligned with mainstream