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| ## Class: StringDecoder | ||
| When a `Buffer` instance is written to the `StringDecoder` instance, an | ||
| internal buffer is used to ensure that the decoded string does not contain | ||
| any partial multibyte-characters. These are held in the buffer until the |
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tiny nit: multibyte characters (and I’d maybe call them incomplete instead of partial but that’s certainly a question of personal taste)
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nits addressed! |
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LGTM! |
| Creates a new `StringDecoder` instance. | ||
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| ### stringDecoder.end() |
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Actually end() can accept a Buffer just like write(). In that case, .write(buffer) is called first before adding any replacement characters.
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Good point! I'd forgotten about that and it wasn't previously documented.
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@mscdex ... updated! I updated the example also to show a Buffer being passed to |
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| ### stringDecoder.end() | ||
| ### stringDecoder.end(buffer) |
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@mscdex ... done! |
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PR-URL: #6940 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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Landed in 9140b97. Thank you! |
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PR-URL: nodejs#6940 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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PR-URL: #6940 Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net> Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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adding don't land label. Please feel free to backport @jasnell |
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General improvements to string_decoder.md
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