Update the Buffer APIs (#98)

* Use Buffer.alloc/Buffer.from instead of "new Buffer"
* Remove the 'noAssert' parameter from the write calls
  This got removed with nodejs/node#18395

Fixes #91

README.md

@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@ var LZ4 = require('lz4')
 var data = 'Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.'
 data += data
 // LZ4 can only work on Buffers
-var input = new Buffer(data)
+var input = Buffer.from(data)
 // Initialize the output buffer to its maximum length based on the input data
-var output = new Buffer( LZ4.encodeBound(input.length) )
+var output = Buffer.alloc( LZ4.encodeBound(input.length) )
 
 // block compression (no archive format)
 var compressedSize = LZ4.encodeBlock(input, output)
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ output = output.slice(0, compressedSize)
 console.log( "compressed data", output )
 
 // block decompression (no archive format)
-var uncompressed = new Buffer(input.length)
+var uncompressed = Buffer.alloc(input.length)
 var uncompressedSize = LZ4.decodeBlock(output, uncompressed)
 uncompressed = uncompressed.slice(0, uncompressedSize)
 

benchmark/bench.js

@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@ console.log('Input file:', inputFileName)
 
 var input = fs.readFileSync(inputFileName)
 var outputMaxSize = lz4.encodeBound(input.length)
-var output = new Buffer(outputMaxSize)
+var output = Buffer.alloc(outputMaxSize)
 
-var decoded = new Buffer(input.length)
-var encoded = new Buffer(outputMaxSize)
+var decoded = Buffer.alloc(input.length)
+var encoded = Buffer.alloc(outputMaxSize)
 var n = lz4.encodeBlock(input, encoded)
 encoded = encoded.slice(0, n)