WebAssembly i64 values cross into JavaScript as BigInt rather than as Number
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With the JavaScript BigInt integration that shipped in Chrome 85 and is now supported across engines, an exported function taking or returning an i64 maps to BigInt on the JavaScript side. Passing a plain number where an i64 parameter is expected throws a TypeError about converting a Number to a BigInt, and arithmetic mixing a returned BigInt with a Number throws as well.
Convert explicitly with BigInt(n) on the way in and Number(v) on the way out, accepting that values beyond the safe integer range lose precision in the second direction. Before that integration existed such calls threw outright, which is why older toolchains split 64-bit values into two 32-bit halves. When you control the module and the values fit, exporting i32 or f64 avoids the conversion entirely, which matters in hot loops where every call allocates a BigInt.
Source: https://github.com/WebAssembly/JS-BigInt-integration
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