64-bit and pointer integers

For the purposes of current FFI, 64-bit integers include all of the following:

• "u64"
• "i64"
• "usize"
• "isize"

64-bit integers can be represented by either plain JS numbers or BigInts. FFI symbols will currently return 64-bit integers as plain numbers, or BigInts if the value doesn't fit in a normal JavaScript number.

Fast API support

Fast API offers limited support for 64-bit integers as parameters. This support is conditional on the parameters being plain numbers, that is BigInts are not allowed. This means that the maximum number that can be used as a 64-bit integer parameter in Fast API FFI calls is equal to Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER. If numbers beyond that need to be used, then using BigInts is the only option and the function call will fall back onto the slow path.

For return values, Fast API does not currently support 64-bit integers at all. However, a workaround is in use in Deno that makes it possible to return 64-bit integers from C calls using the Fast API. This workaround is to create and pass in an extra Uint32Array of length two to the Fast API call and use that as an out pointer for the return value.

Thus, Fast API FFI calls support 64-bit integers as parameters in a limited fashion (only up to max safe integer value) and fully as return values.