Lexicographically orderable number encodings based on Sainath Mallidi's notes on "Storing data in order".
lexico::i128(56544)
// => [128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 220, 224]
lexico::u128(56544);
// => [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 220, 224]
lexico::i8(3); // => [131]
lexico::i8(-128); // => [0]
lexico::u8(255); // => [255]
lexico::i16(-2); // => [127, 254]
lexico::i16(2); // => [128, 2]
lexico::u16(65535); // => [255, 255]
lexico::i16(-32768); // => [0, 0]
lexico::i32(5); // => [128, 0, 0, 5]
lexico::u32(5); // => [0, 0, 0, 5]
lexico::i32(-10); // => [127, 255, 255, 246]
lexico::i64(-1);
// => [127, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255]
lexico::i64(100);
// => [128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 100]
lexico::i64(4_000_000_000_000_000);
// => [0, 14, 53, 250, 147, 26, 0, 0]
lexico::f32(4.2); // => [192, 134, 102, 102]
lexico::f32(0.42); // => [190, 215, 10, 61]
lexico::f32(-10.0); // => [62, 224, 0, 0]
lexico::f32(2.1e6); // => [202, 0, 44, 128]
lexico::f32(2.1e20); // => [225, 54, 37, 94]
lexico::f32(-2.1e6); // => [53, 255, 211, 128]
lexico::f64(-2.1e6);
// => [62, 191, 250, 112, 0, 0, 0, 0]
lexico::f64(2.1e2);
// => [192, 106, 64, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0]
lexico::f64(2.1000000001e2);
// => [192, 106, 64, 0, 0, 5, 94, 100]
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