From af8c6ba8d1e3191fb6836007c0b15c624ca4718b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Akshith Kandivanam <akshithkandivanam@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2026 16:32:58 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Preserve float/double distinction in JSON schema output via
 format metadata

---
 src/idl_gen_json_schema.cpp | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/idl_gen_json_schema.cpp b/src/idl_gen_json_schema.cpp
index e24d6ce123..2962d41944 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_json_schema.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_json_schema.cpp
@@ -87,8 +87,9 @@ static std::string GenType(BaseType type) {
       return "\"type\" : \"integer\", \"minimum\" : 0, \"maximum\" : " +
              NumToString(std::numeric_limits<uint64_t>::max());
     case BASE_TYPE_FLOAT:
+      return "\"type\" : \"number\", \"format\" : \"float\"";
     case BASE_TYPE_DOUBLE:
-      return "\"type\" : \"number\"";
+      return "\"type\" : \"number\", \"format\" : \"double\"";
     case BASE_TYPE_STRING:
       return "\"type\" : \"string\"";
     default: