Value from numeric column is returned as string -- is it by design, or a bug?

[3n-mb]

When table has numeric column, returned value is string. Is this by design so as not to loose arbitrary precision? If not, it is a bug.

From int and bigint columns values are returned as numbers. Note that some bigint (64 bit) values will be mangled when pushed into javascript number, 64float, or 50-something integer safe bits.

[abenhamdine]

It is by design, see brianc/node-pg-types#52
Notably, see explanations in readme of https://github.com/brianc/node-pg-types/ about integers, which is also true concerning numeric.