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buffer: hard-deprecate SlowBuffer #8182

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9 changes: 9 additions & 0 deletions lib/buffer.js
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Expand Up @@ -156,7 +156,16 @@ Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow = function(size) {

// If --zero-fill-buffers command line argument is set, a zero-filled
// buffer is returned.
var slowBufferWarned = false;
function SlowBuffer(length) {
if (!slowBufferWarned) {
slowBufferWarned = true;
process.emitWarning(
'SlowBuffer is deprecated. ' +
'Use `Buffer.alloc()` or `Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow()` instead.'
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This would need a second argument set to 'DeprecationWarning'... that is:

process.emitWarning(
  'SlowBuffer is deprecated. ' +
  'Use `Buffer.alloc()` or `Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow()` instead.',
  'DeprecationWarning');

);
}

if (+length != length)
length = 0;
return createUnsafeBuffer(+length);
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