Hex encoded field elements in Prover.toml > u128 throws w/ unhelpful message

[colinnielsen]

Aim

When:

• Passing Field elements as hex-encoded numbers
• Passing Field elements as integers

What:
Since the target type is > u120, the toml parser crashes.

Workaround:
Stringify the inputs

Expected Behavior

Nargo should parse the inputs as big integers OR have a the error message ask the user to stringify fields.

Bug

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To Reproduce

1. git clone [email protected]:colinnielsen/noir-field-parsing.git
2. cd noir-field-parsing
3. nargo execute

Installation Method

Binary

Nargo Version

0.17.0+b6819f6261e63cea3e653a1b874727a2b5919f5e

Additional Context

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[Savio-Sou]

Possibly similar to #2456 (comment), where the culprit was TOML can only hold numeric values up to i64; anything larger needs to be a hex / string.