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ivanmontillamyesterday at 11:40 AM2 repliesview on HN

A string type. As parent says: it completely bypasses the problem. Save the numbers between double quotes and be done with it.


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lxgryesterday at 2:34 PM

Except that now you have a new problem: Opinionated theorists that haven’t been part of a nasty “oh no, we accidentally considered some amounts as 10x/100x/1000x larger/smaller than expected” incident in their career yet…

portlyyesterday at 12:26 PM

Storing numbers as arrays of u8? That doesn't make sense

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