[Rd] How to handle INT8 data

[Nicolas Paris]

Hello r users,

I have to deal with int8 data with R. AFAIK  R does only handle int4
with `as.integer` function [1]. I wonder:
1. what is the better approach to handle int8 ? `as.character` ?
`as.numeric` ?
2. is there any plan to handle int8 in the future ? As you might know,
int4 is to small to deal with earth population right now.

Thanks for you ideas,

int8 eg:

     human_id      
----------------------
 -1311071933951566764
 -4708675461424073238
 -6865005668390999818
  5578000650960353108
 -3219674686933841021
 -6469229889308771589
  -606871692563545028
 -8199987422425699249
  -463287495999648233
  7675955260644241951

reference:
1. https://www.r-bloggers.com/r-in-a-64-bit-world/

-- 
Nicolas PARIS