WIP: Experimental support for integers as JS bigints
Just an experiment.
This is work-in-progress and the PR does not work yet.
But probably this should be done in a separate release or use conditional compilation.
Agreed!
I added a internals.n(5) constructor for integers. We should have some accessors to work with them transparently.
I don't know yet how far is the rabbit hole :-) still fixing errors. I think I'll try to get it to boot a bit more as an experiment, trying to make it conditional, and re-evaluate the strategy later.
The question is - will we enter the data type "0n123" for reading by the reader ?
The question is - will we enter the data type "0n123" for reading by the reader ?
No. My plan was to read all integers as bigint (if no decimals point is present) and float otherwise.
When do we expect a release?
When do we expect a release? I am not actively working on it now. But I might resume it later.
Do you think it would be valuable? I can definitely spend a bit more time on it. Or do you.have interest in experimenting with it yourself?
I don't see how to use it. There are not many people who are really involved in this area. And they have other tools.
I'm considering issue #420. And try to measure the depth of the rabbit hole.