I had the same problem with a binary protocol. I just gave the data back as a big numeric string and suggested he use node-bigint[1] or bigdecimal.js[2] to do more with it. Both of those support arithmetic operations.
[1] - https://github.com/substack/node-bigint [2] - https://github.com/iriscouch/bigdecimal.js On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:31:23 AM UTC-5, Tony Huang wrote: > > Hi all, > > I've implemented a binary based protocol in node.js, and I need a Int64 to > present the id of the messages. > > What library should I use to represent unsigned integers as well as > UInt64s? > > I've taken a look at the node-int64 module, but it doesn't support any > calculation which is necessary in my case to decode a compressed int64. > > Thank you. > > Best regards. > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------ > Tony Huang [email protected] > [email protected] > [email protected] > -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
