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Support NumberLong arithmetic in mongo shell and server JS

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      Currently, NumberLongs are automatically cast to numbers when arithmetic is performed on them (courtesy of .toNumber()). This means that doing something like trying to subtract two NumberLongs returns a double-precision number, not a NumberLong. This causes a loss of precision, and this in turn means that hashed shard key values can't be manipulated in the shell.

      Supporting natural syntax like NumberLong("...") - NumberLong("...") isn't necessary, it would suffice to be able to do something like NumberLong("...").subtract(NumberLong("...")) and get back a NumberLong.

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          Improvement - An improvement or enhancement to an existing feature or task. SERVER-14846 Expose basic arithmetic operations for NumberLong

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
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          is related to

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SERVER-19676 NumberDecimal(...) + NumberDecimal(...) should not cause string concatentation

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed
          related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. SERVER-4141 NumberLong.bottom does not return values

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

          Task - A task that needs to be done. SERVER-19943 Support NumberDecimal arithmetic in mongo shell and server JS

          • Major - P3 - Major loss of function.
          • Closed

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              backlog-server-platform DO NOT USE - Backlog - Platform Team
              kevin.pulo@mongodb.com Kevin Pulo
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