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doc: buffer: clarify typed array construction

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It's possible to construct a typed array from a buffer but the buffer
is treated as an array, not a byte array as one might expect.

Fixes #7786.

Signed-off-by: Trevor Norris <trev.norris@gmail.com>
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Ben Noordhuis 2014-06-20 12:02:13 +02:00 committed by Trevor Norris
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@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ encoding method. Here are the different string encodings.
* `'hex'` - Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters. * `'hex'` - Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters.
A `Buffer` object can also be used with typed arrays. The buffer object is Creating a typed array from a `Buffer` works with the following caveats:
cloned to an `ArrayBuffer` that is used as the backing store for the typed
array. The memory of the buffer and the `ArrayBuffer` is not shared. 1. The buffer's memory is copied, not shared.
2. The buffer's memory is interpreted as an array, not a byte array. That is,
`new Uint32Array(new Buffer([1,2,3,4]))` creates a 4-element `Uint32Array`
with elements `[1,2,3,4]`, not an `Uint32Array` with a single element
`[0x1020304]` or `[0x4030201]`.
NOTE: Node.js v0.8 simply retained a reference to the buffer in `array.buffer` NOTE: Node.js v0.8 simply retained a reference to the buffer in `array.buffer`
instead of cloning it. instead of cloning it.