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doc: add note about Buffer octets integer coercion

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PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/27030
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <ruben@bridgewater.de>
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@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ streams in TCP streams, file system operations, and other contexts.
With [`TypedArray`] now available, the `Buffer` class implements the With [`TypedArray`] now available, the `Buffer` class implements the
[`Uint8Array`] API in a manner that is more optimized and suitable for Node.js. [`Uint8Array`] API in a manner that is more optimized and suitable for Node.js.
Instances of the `Buffer` class are similar to arrays of integers but Instances of the `Buffer` class are similar to arrays of integers from `0` to
`255` (other integers are coerced to this range by `& 255` operation) but
correspond to fixed-sized, raw memory allocations outside the V8 heap. correspond to fixed-sized, raw memory allocations outside the V8 heap.
The size of the `Buffer` is established when it is created and cannot be The size of the `Buffer` is established when it is created and cannot be
changed. changed.