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doc: Uint8Array support in Buffer functions
Buffer.from / new Buffer accept Uint8Array

Fixes: #14118

Backport-PR-URL: #21590
PR-URL: #19949
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Vse Mozhet Byt <vsemozhetbyt@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Gus Caplan <me@gus.host>
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SheetJSDev authored and MylesBorins committed Jul 9, 2018
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Prior to the introduction of [`TypedArray`], the JavaScript language had no
mechanism for reading or manipulating streams of binary data. The `Buffer` class
was introduced as part of the Node.js API to make it possible to interact with
octet streams in the context of things like TCP streams and file system
operations.
was introduced as part of the Node.js API to enable interaction with octet
streams in TCP streams, file system operations, and other contexts.

With [`TypedArray`] now available, the `Buffer` class implements the
[`Uint8Array`] API in a manner that is more optimized and suitable for Node.js.
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