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> I need to handle such 64 bit integers that appear as specific IDs.
> The numerical value is less interesting than being able to reproduce
> the bits identifying an object.

So, use strings instead of numbers.

Plain Lua cannot handle 64 bit integers because it uses doubles, which
have only 52 bits of precision.