Buffer Alloc

A ponyfill for Buffer.alloc.

Works as Node.js: v7.0.0

Works on Node.js: v0.10.0

Installation

``sh
npm install --save buffer-alloc
`

Usage

`js
const alloc = require('buffer-alloc')

console.log(alloc(4))
//=>

console.log(alloc(6, 0x41))
//=>

console.log(alloc(10, 'linus', 'utf8'))
//=>
`

API

$3

- size <Integer> The desired length of the new Buffer
- fill <String> | <Buffer> | <Integer> A value to pre-fill the new Buffer with. Default: 0
- encoding <String> If fill is a string, this is its encoding. Default: 'utf8'

Allocates a new Buffer of size bytes. If fill is undefined, the Buffer will be zero-filled.

See also

- buffer-alloc-unsafe A ponyfill for Buffer.allocUnsafe
- buffer-fill A ponyfill for Buffer.fill
- buffer-from A ponyfill for Buffer.from`