index.js
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/**
* Convert a typed array to a Buffer without a copy
*
* Author: Feross Aboukhadijeh <https://feross.org>
* License: MIT
*
* `npm install typedarray-to-buffer`
*/
var isTypedArray = require('is-typedarray').strict
module.exports = function typedarrayToBuffer (arr) {
if (isTypedArray(arr)) {
// To avoid a copy, use the typed array's underlying ArrayBuffer to back new Buffer
var buf = Buffer.from(arr.buffer)
if (arr.byteLength !== arr.buffer.byteLength) {
// Respect the "view", i.e. byteOffset and byteLength, without doing a copy
buf = buf.slice(arr.byteOffset, arr.byteOffset + arr.byteLength)
}
return buf
} else {
// Pass through all other types to `Buffer.from`
return Buffer.from(arr)
}
}