# JSON — Using JSON numbers

> If the recipient of this message natively supports high precision numbers (such as Python integers), passing numbers as JSON numbers is obviously better, because they can directly parse to the high precision type instead of parsing a string from JSON, and then parsing a number from the string.

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If the recipient of this message natively supports high precision numbers (such as Python integers), passing numbers as JSON numbers is obviously better, because they can directly parse to the high precision type instead of parsing a string from JSON, and then parsing a number from the string. In JavaScript, you can serialize arbitrary data types to JSON numbers without producing a number value first (resulting in loss of precision) by using {{jsxref("JSON.rawJSON()")}} to precisely specify what the JSON source text should be.

The text passed to JSON.rawJSON is treated as if it is already a piece of JSON, so it won't be serialized again as a string. Therefore, the JSON text will look like {"gross_gdp":12345678901234567890}, where the value is a number. This JSON can then be parsed by the recipient without any extra processing, provided that the recipient system does not have the same precision limitations as JavaScript.

When parsing JSON containing high-precision numbers in JavaScript, take extra care because when JSON.parse() invokes the reviver function, the value you receive is already parsed (and has lost precision). You can use the context.source parameter of the {{jsxref("JSON.parse()")}} reviver function to re-parse the number yourself.

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