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> Or if you're parsing an uint8 into a type that logically must be between 1 and 100, what's the internal type that you parse it into that isn't a uint8?

Just for the sake of example, your internal representation might start from 0, and you just add 1 whenever you output it.

Your internal type might also not be a uint8. Eg in Python you would probably just use their default type for integers, which supports arbitrarily big numbers. (Not because you need arbitrarily big numbers, but just because that's the default.)