docs(core): refresh stale figures in README#294
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The "~2.4 KB gzipped" claim and "~87% global coverage" figure both
drifted out of sync with reality:
- Average gzipped per-language ESM bundle is now ~2.2 KB across the
72 languages (range 1.7-2.9 KB).
- caniuse data for `defaults and supports bigint` is now ~85.5%, no
longer ~87%.
Replace both with rough phrasing ("~2 KB", "any browser with BigInt
support") so future caniuse drift doesn't restale the docs.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Same drift fix as the README change: .browserslistrc cited "~87%" and rollup.config.js cited "~85.9%" — both stale, and they didn't even agree with each other. Replace both with prose that points readers to `npx browserslist --coverage` if they want the current number. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Summary
Three places carried stale or mismatched figures for the same underlying metric:
README.mdREADME.md.browserslistrc:12npx browserslist --coveragerollup.config.js:58Reality check: average gzipped per-language ESM bundle is 2.2 KB across the 72 languages (range 1.7–2.9 KB), and the current caniuse coverage for
defaults and supports bigintis ~85.5%. The three files all cited different numbers (87 / 87 / 85.9), so even before the caniuse drift they weren't internally consistent.Replacing the precise figures with rough phrasing means the next caniuse market-share shift doesn't restale anything.
Spot-checks confirmed the rest of the README is accurate: 72 language files (matches "70+"), every language exports all three forms, UMD shape (
n2words.enUS,.ordinal.enUS,.currency.enUS) matchesrollup.config.js, browser version baselines (Chrome 67+ / FF 68+ / Safari 14+ / Edge 79+) are correct for BigInt support, Node.js 22+ matchesengines.node.Test plan
markdownlint-cli2 README.mdpassesnpx browserslist --coveragestill resolves correctly (config unchanged, only comment edited)