Put Buffer polyfills in a list #1674
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Per discussion here: https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/pull/1666/files#r191602869 The idea is to give a more equal view of all the options. Removed the drawback about the number of dependencies of `buffer-from` and `buffer-alloc` since those 4 dependencies are smaller than the 1 `safer-buffer`.
ckotzbauer
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| A downside with this approach is slightly more code changes to migrate off them (as you would be | ||
| using e.g. `Buffer.from` under a different name). | ||
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| - **[safe-buffer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-buffer)** is also a drop in replacement for |
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Use "drop-in replacement" to be consistent with above spelling.
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daxlab
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May 31, 2018
| You would take exactly the same steps as in [Variant 1](#variant-1), but with a polyfill | ||
| `const Buffer = require('safer-buffer').Buffer` in all files where you use the new `Buffer` API. | ||
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| Make sure that you do not use old `new Buffer` API — in any files where the line above is added, |
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nit:
- in any file
- where above line is added
daxlab
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| - **[safe-buffer](https://www.npmjs.com/package/safe-buffer)** is also a drop in replacement for | ||
| the entire `Buffer` API, but using `new Buffer()` will still work as before. | ||
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| A downside to this approach is that it will allow you to also use the older `new Buffer()` API |
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Per discussion here:
https://github.com/nodejs/nodejs.org/pull/1666/files#r191602869
The idea is to give a more equal view of all the options.
Removed the drawback about the number of dependencies of
buffer-fromandbuffer-allocsince those 4 dependencies are smaller than the 1safer-buffer.