From e2215daa5aaf6afb437a978b2a4127e0c872018f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Prafyl <86287866+Prafyl@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Oct 2026 09:35:34 +0545
Subject: [PATCH] Fix reading of negative 64-bit integers in TBuffer.ntoi8

~ returns a signed int32, so negative Long64_t values whose low word is
below 0x80000000 were read off by +2^32 (e.g. -2^32 came back as 0).
Convert ~high and ~low back to unsigned with >>> 0 before combining.
---
 modules/io.mjs | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/modules/io.mjs b/modules/io.mjs
index 3f2e5c77c..7108a50f5 100644
--- a/modules/io.mjs
+++ b/modules/io.mjs
@@ -2477,7 +2477,9 @@ class TBuffer {
       this.o += 4;
       if (high < 0x80000000)
          return (high < 0x200000) ? (high * 0x100000000 + low) : (BigInt(high) * BigInt(0x100000000) + BigInt(low));
-      return (~high < 0x200000) ? (-1 - ((~high) * 0x100000000 + ~low)) : (BigInt(-1) - (BigInt(~high) * BigInt(0x100000000) + BigInt(~low)));
+      // ~ returns signed int32, convert back to unsigned
+      const nhigh = ~high >>> 0, nlow = ~low >>> 0;
+      return (nhigh < 0x200000) ? (-1 - (nhigh * 0x100000000 + nlow)) : (BigInt(-1) - (BigInt(nhigh) * BigInt(0x100000000) + BigInt(nlow)));
    }
 
    /** @summary read float */