[API reference](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference) › [@evolu/common](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common) › [Bytes](https://evolu.dev/docs/api-reference/common/Bytes) › encodeNumber

```ts
function encodeNumber(
  buffer: Buffer,
  number: number & Brand<"NonNaN"> & Brand<"Finite">,
): void;
```

Defined in: [packages/common/src/Bytes.ts:237](https://github.com/evoluhq/evolu/blob/dd96d79f1dbe9a49fa12ce8e0aa7d3d0177795ca/packages/common/src/Bytes.ts#L237)

Evolu uses MessagePack to handle finite numbers except for NonNegativeInt.
For NonNegativeInt, Evolu provides more efficient encoding.