Web3.js: Use JavaScript BigInt for big integers?
Now that JavaScript support big integers natively, is there any plan to use them in a future release of web3? It would make it a lot easier to work with amounts rather than passing strings / objects around.
https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/BigInt
olalonde
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Hey @olalonde,
This is a personal dream of mine, but unluckily, they can't be used yet.
JavaScriptCore (Safari's js engine) has no support for native BigInt. This is incredibly problematic, as every browser is forced to use Webkit and JavaScript core in iOS.
alcuadrado
on 21 Feb 2020
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Will close here again for the moment, would nevertheless agree that it would be wonderful to be able to support native big integers at some PIT.
holgerd77
on 24 Feb 2020
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Hey @olalonde,
This is a personal dream of mine, but unluckily, they can't be used yet.
JavaScriptCore (Safari's js engine) has no support for native BigInt. This is incredibly problematic, as every browser is forced to use Webkit and JavaScript core in iOS.