Adding this library to a typescript project causes compilations error: TS2304: Cannot find name 'Long'

[gae123]

Steps to reproduce:

1. Create a small typescript project that compiles and works
2. In package.json add "@google-cloud/logging": "5.4.1"
3. Import with import * as googleLogging from '@google-cloud/logging';
4. Compile again, you will now see errors about missing Long

WORKAROUND

I did what I describe here to work around this issue, but this should not be required or at least should be documented.

Environment

$ tsc --version
Version 3.5.3
$ node --version
v10.16.2

[JustinBeckwith]

Greetings folks! I'm having a little trouble reproducing this one. Here is the example I'm working from:
https://github.com/JustinBeckwith/ts2304

Could I ask you to:

• Try the latest version of TypeScript (3.7.2 as of now)
• Try the latest version of @google-cloud/logging (5.5.4 as of now)
• Try running rm -rf node_modules package-lock.json, and running npm install again.

I suspect some older versions of protobufjs are getting cached, as I think we fixed this way back here:
protobufjs/protobuf.js#1166

[fallard84]

I have the same issue. The fix protobufjs/protobuf.js#1166 is still not released.

[bcoe]

@alexander-fenster I noticed we'd landed the long type in gax, does this address the issue in this thread?

[alexander-fenster]

@bcoe No, because this project has its own hand crafted .d.ts files. I'm fixing it in a separate PR (linked above).