Flexible numeric types for avatar parameters

Hello,

I’d love to have more flexible numeric types in addition to the 8-bit int for avatar parameters. In most cases a 3-bit one (0-7) could already be sufficient and I rarely see creators using more than 32 states with an int let along 256.

If the sync memory & bandwidth is really a issue to worry about that only 256 bits are made available why not making it more optimised for free.

I suppose this is not the first time for such requests and I’d also like to know if there are any considerations for why this will not/is hard to implement. Given that there are already heavily-used community scripts to try mitigating this, though with compatibility problems. An official solution would be much preferred.