buffer: replace SlowBuffer with Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(size) (!5833) · Merge requests · Rodrigo Test / Test Group-nodejs / node · GitLab

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Rodrigo Muino Tomonari requested to merge github/fork/jasnell/dep-slow-buffer into master Mar 21, 2016

Pull Request check-list

Does make -j8 test (UNIX) or vcbuild test nosign (Windows) pass with this change (including linting)?
Is the commit message formatted according to [CONTRIBUTING.md][0]?
If this change fixes a bug (or a performance problem), is a regression test (or a benchmark) included?
Is a documentation update included (if this change modifies existing APIs, or introduces new ones)?

Affected core subsystem(s)

buffer

Description of change

Adds Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow() as a replacement for SlowBuffer
Soft-deprecate SlowBuffer

Essentially, this aligns the functionality of SlowBuffer with the new constructor API

Refs: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/5799

/cc @ChALkeR @trevnorris