From 4280d8ebd21c86437a5e16298f7264538f6fe3fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Gulotta <wizard@roborooter.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:45:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fs: remove needless assignment of null

This line `pool = null;` isn't needed and has
been around since the first iteration of streams.
I can't find a good reason for it to exist, it's
not more readable, nor does it seem to trick the
compiler into any optimizations.
---
 lib/fs.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 27614e5cf1febc..18191612dc328c 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1794,7 +1794,6 @@ ReadStream.prototype._read = function(n) {
 
   if (!pool || pool.length - pool.used < kMinPoolSpace) {
     // discard the old pool.
-    pool = null;
     allocNewPool(this._readableState.highWaterMark);
   }