[COUCHDB-956] Return all _seq values as strings not integers

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Won't Fix
• Affects Version/s: 2.0.0, 1.x.x
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Robert Newson
• Created: 18/Nov/10 14:33
• Updated: 02/Sep/18 06:31
• Resolved: 02/Sep/18 06:31

Description

Some fields are returned as strings in db_info and other places to protect against numeric overflow;

{"db_name":"db","doc_count":0,"doc_del_count":0,"update_seq":0,"purge_seq":0,"compact_running":false,"disk_size":79,"instance_start_time":"1290088043619158","disk_format_version":5,"committed_update_seq":0}

here, instance_start_time is protected but, more critically, update_seq is not.

If update_seq were to be wrapped due to precision issues, what breaks?