Upper bound of `uinteger` is atypical

[michaelpj]

The normal maximum value of a 32-bit unsigned integer type is 2^32-1, but the specification states it to be 2^31-1 (the maximum value of a 32-bit signed integer type)

This makes it difficult to simply implement uinteger fields using a normal 32-bit unsigned integer value, and makes testing harder, since the maximum allowable value is not the maximum value of the type.

I believe this would be a simple change in the typescript implementation, since uinteger is just a range restriction of typescript's unbounded number type.

[dbaeumer]

That is correct but it was decided to keep that number range the same as the debugger adapter protocol (see https://microsoft.github.io/debug-adapter-protocol/specification)

[michaelpj]

Would it not be possible to change the DAP in the same way?

[dbaeumer]

I think the swirl will be too big. But you could open an issue against DAP and see if they change it.