Use of Big Integers limits browser support

[toBeOfUse]

cuid2 recently started using the newer JavaScript BigInt type. BigInts require ES2020 and are supported only by 95% of browsers. Polyfills for BigInts are slow and unpopular; ESBuild won't support one and Babel "doesn't support transforming BigInts.". Is support for the 1 in 20 people who use a non-BigInt-compatible browser on your radar?

[muratgozel]

yeah, use of bigint prevent us using it in browser environments. specifically this function:

cuid2/src/index.js

Line 20 in 53e246b

function bufToBigInt(buf) {

and according to the comment in here, its tricky:
evanw/esbuild#732

😞

[ericelliott]

okay, seems like the best option for cuid2 is to switch to bignumber.js - small build, different API, but should work. That's what we use in moneysafe.

[ericelliott]

@copilot please try fixing this again, using the latest main branch as the base. please conform with the code quality instructions in ai/rules/javascript/javascript.mdc