Current Implementation of Counter makes it impossible to create a 32bit or larger counter

**Type of issue**: feature request

**Impact**: API modification

**Development Phase**: proposal

**Other information**

I submitted a PR #1363

**If the current behavior is a bug, please provide the steps to reproduce the problem:**
val x = Module(new Counter(4294967296L))
val x = Module(new Counter(4294967296))
these doesn't work

**What is the current behavior?**
Counter does not work with integers other than Int

**What is the expected behavior?**
Counter should work with long etc

**Please tell us about your environment:**

**What is the use case for changing the behavior?**
enabling all Counters to be able to handle large ints and longs without breaking backward compatibility

Start with the Counter API entry point and review PR #1363, which the issue identifies as the proposed implementation. Check how counters currently accept Int values, then verify support for larger integer and long values without breaking existing usage.

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