I hope this can explain
USER>zzdump $lb(100,200,50)
0000: 03 04 64 03 04 C8 03 04 32 ..d..È..2
USER>zzdump $lb("100","200","50")
0000: 05 01 31 30 30 05 01 32 30 30 04 01 35 30 ..100..200..50
USER>k set mem=$s,mem=$s set a=1234567890 write mem-$s
8
USER>k set mem=$s,mem=$s set a="1234567890" write mem-$s
32
storing numbers as numbers in $listbuild, is a bit cheapier in memory
But sorry, I don't understand your worry about, how numbers were stored. It mostly does not matter. If I not mistaken, only one place where numbers as numbers are matter is $ZHEX function, which returns different result for string and for a number.
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