😸 Submitting my first RFCs to the GraphQL spec

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I have just submitted my very first RFCs (Request For Comments) to the GraphQL spec:

  1. [RFC] Composable fields
  2. [RFC] Composable directives

The first one would enable to have fields compose other fields, like this:

query {
  posts {
    date: if(
      condition: equals(
        value1: lang,
        value2: "ZH"
      ),
      then: "Y-m-d",
      else: if(
        condition: equals(
          value1: year(
            date: date
          ),
          value2: currentYear
        ),
        then: "d/M",
        else: "d/M/Y"
      )
    )
  }
}

The second one would allow directives compose other directives using <> as syntax instead of @, like this:

query {
  posts:posts(limit:10) {
    tagNames
    translatedTagNames:tagNames<
      forEach<
        translate(from:"en", to:"es")
      >
    >
  }
}

I have already added these features on GraphQL by PoP (for instance: query solving the 1st issue, query solving the 2nd issue), and they have proved so powerful that I have no doubt that the GraphQL community could also benefit from them. They just make so much sense!

I wonder if they will be accepted? I certainly hope so! 😆