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u128 support

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
rust
Domain
data

Research direction

The issue names no files, tests, or entry points. Start by locating the count representation and benchmarking current behavior against a u128 variant, especially on lesser hardware. Done would require a decided scope and evidence that the wider type is worth its performance cost.

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Description

Should we move things like the total number of counts to u128? That may have a detrimental affect on performance, especially on lesser hardware; I haven't benchmarked it yet to see.

Dominant language
Rust
Stars
373
Forks
50
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