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Discussion on Capacity to Represent BigInt

TLDR ilia inquired about adding unsigned int64 for BigInt representation. Kishore Nallan suggested no immediate plans, but highlighted a workaround and also warned about misusing float for large values.

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Aug 04, 2023 (4 months ago)

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ilia

02:15 PM

Any plans adding unsigned int64? Faced issue representing BigInt, and using string is suboptimal.

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Kishore Nallan

02:39 PM

No plans at the moment, can you please create an issue on Github for us to track? We pick up tasks based on feedback from the community.

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Kishore Nallan

02:40 PM

One really hacky way (as workaround) to represent uint64 is via two int64 fields. But you have to unpack and pack the variables on both read and write.

ilia

03:46 PM

Thanks! I actually realised unsigned int64 doesn't cut for me. So f64 ( I think it's used in Typesense for float ) works fine for me, as I need to represent js BigInts.

Kishore Nallan

03:48 PM

float is 32 bits. If you try to store large values it will truncate.

ilia

04:03 PM

Thanks, good to know. Luckily precision is not critical in my current use case.

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