From da2c434f12f082696d9af78ca209d5a7c9005c73 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Valeri Karpov <val@karpov.io>
Date: Tue, 4 Jun 2019 09:29:10 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix(Decimal128): throw error when passing a string to
 Decimal128 constructor

---
 lib/decimal128.js | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/lib/decimal128.js b/lib/decimal128.js
index ac816a90..33607c72 100644
--- a/lib/decimal128.js
+++ b/lib/decimal128.js
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ function invalidErr(string, message) {
  * @return {Double}
  */
 function Decimal128(bytes) {
+  if (typeof bytes === 'string') {
+    throw new Error('Decimal128 constructor expects a Buffer parameter. Use `Decimal128.fromString()` to load a Decimal128 from a string'); 
+  }
   this.bytes = bytes;
 }