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Decimal fields rendered as number instead of string in OpenAPI schema #7253

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  • I have verified that that issue exists against the master branch of Django REST framework.
  • I have searched for similar issues in both open and closed tickets and cannot find a duplicate.
  • This is not a usage question. (Those should be directed to the discussion group instead.)
  • This cannot be dealt with as a third party library. (We prefer new functionality to be in the form of third party libraries where possible.)
  • I have reduced the issue to the simplest possible case.
  • I have included a failing test as a pull request. (If you are unable to do so we can still accept the issue.)

Steps to reproduce

  1. Create a serializer with a decimal field.
  2. Use the serializer in a ViewSet.
  3. Render the OpenAPI schema.

Expected behavior

The decimal field should have a type of string.

Actual behavior

The decimal field has a type of number.

This issue was introduced by #6674.

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