Other: Just alias as the actual ideal type when using stubs, see #718

package.json

@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@
     "@protobufjs/inquire": "^1.1.0",
     "@protobufjs/path": "^1.1.2",
     "@protobufjs/pool": "^1.1.0",
-    "@protobufjs/utf8": "^1.1.0",
-    "@types/node": "7.0.7"
+    "@protobufjs/utf8": "^1.1.0"
   },
   "optionalDependencies": {
     "long": "^3.2.0",
-    "@types/long": "^3.0.31"
+    "@types/long": "^3.0.31",
+    "@types/node": "7.0.10"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "benchmark": "^2.1.3",
@@ -65,18 +65,18 @@
     "bundle-collapser": "^1.2.1",
     "chalk": "^1.1.3",
     "escodegen": "^1.8.1",
-    "eslint": "^3.17.1",
+    "eslint": "^3.18.0",
     "espree": "^3.1.3",
     "estraverse": "^4.2.0",
     "gh-pages": "^0.12.0",
-    "git-raw-commits": "^1.1.2",
-    "git-semver-tags": "^1.1.2",
+    "git-raw-commits": "^1.2.0",
+    "git-semver-tags": "^1.2.0",
     "glob": "^7.1.1",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-header": "^1.8.8",
     "gulp-if": "^2.0.1",
     "gulp-sourcemaps": "^2.4.1",
-    "gulp-uglify": "^2.1.0",
+    "gulp-uglify": "^2.1.2",
     "istanbul": "^0.4.5",
     "jaguarjs-jsdoc": "dcodeIO/jaguarjs-jsdoc",
     "jsdoc": "^3.4.2",
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     "tmp": "0.0.31",
     "tslint": "^4.5.1",
     "typescript": "^2.2.1",
-    "uglify-js": "^2.8.10",
+    "uglify-js": "^2.8.15",
     "vinyl-buffer": "^1.0.0",
     "vinyl-fs": "^2.4.4",
     "vinyl-source-stream": "^1.1.0"

stub-long.d.ts

@@ -1,10 +1,4 @@
 // minimal stub for Long instances for reference when not using long.js,
 // i.e. <reference path="node_modules/protobufjs/stub-long.d.ts" />
 
-type Long = LongStub;
-
-interface LongStub {
-    lo: number,
-    hi: number,
-    unsigned?: boolean
-}
+type Long = number;

stub-node.d.ts

@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 // minimal stub for node types for reference when not using node,
 // i.e. <reference path="node_modules/protobufjs/stub-node.d.ts" />
 
-type Buffer = BufferStub;
-
-interface BufferStub extends Uint8Array {
-}
+type Buffer = Uint8Array;