External module "buffer/alloc-unsafe/docs/types/index.d"

Export assignment allocUnsafe

• allocUnsafe(size: number): Buffer

• Allocates a buffer having a specified number of bytes.

  Notes

  • The underlying memory of returned Buffer instances is not initialized. Memory contents are unknown and may contain sensitive data.
  • When the size is less than half the pool size (specified on the Buffer constructor), memory is allocated from the Buffer pool for faster allocation of new Buffer instances.

  throws

  must provide a nonnegative integer

  Parameters

  • size: number

    number of bytes to allocate

  Returns Buffer

  new Buffer instance

  Example

  var buf = allocUnsafe( 10 );
  // returns <Buffer>