docs: clarify BigInts are integers
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large is not accurate enough
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Description
“Numeric” values is too loose a term.
Motivation
Clarify that
BigIntare in fact only integers, not any numeric value. There’s also some possible confusion from using referencing numbers that are “too large”, but no reference toNumber.MIN_SAFE_INTEGER.Additional details
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