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allocUnsafe
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Allocate a [buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] having a specified number of bytes.
bash
npm install @stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe
javascript
var allocUnsafe = require( '@stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe' );
#### allocUnsafe( size )
Unsafely allocates a [buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] having a specified number of bytes.
javascript
var buf = allocUnsafe( 10 );
// returns <Buffer>
Buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] instances is not initialized. Memory contents are unknown and may contain sensitive data.
- When the size is less than half the pool size (specified on the [Buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] constructor in modern Node.js environments), memory is allocated from the [Buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] pool for faster allocation of new [Buffer][@stdlib/buffer/ctor] instances.
javascript
var allocUnsafe = require( '@stdlib/buffer-alloc-unsafe' );
var buf;
var i;
// Repeatedly unsafely allocate memory and inspect the buffer contents...
for ( i = 0; i < 100; i++ ) {
buf = allocUnsafe( 100 );
console.log( buf.toString() );
}
@stdlib/buffer-ctor][@stdlib/buffer/ctor]: Buffer.
- [@stdlib/buffer-from-array][@stdlib/buffer/from-array]: allocate a buffer using an octet array.
- [@stdlib/buffer-from-arraybuffer][@stdlib/buffer/from-arraybuffer]: allocate a buffer from an ArrayBuffer.
- [@stdlib/buffer-from-buffer][@stdlib/buffer/from-buffer]: copy buffer data to a new Buffer instance.
- [@stdlib/buffer-from-string][@stdlib/buffer/from-string]: allocate a buffer containing a provided string.
