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doc: add reference for buffer.inspect()
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This commit refers readers to util.inspect() for an explanation
of buffer.inspect().

Fixes: #3918
PR-URL: #3921
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Brian White <mscdex@mscdex.net>
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cjihrig authored and rvagg committed Dec 4, 2015
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* Number, Default: 50

How many bytes will be returned when `buffer.inspect()` is called. This can
be overridden by user modules.
be overridden by user modules. See [util.inspect()][] for more details on
`buffer.inspect()` behavior.

Note that this is a property on the buffer module returned by
`require('buffer')`, not on the Buffer global, or a buffer instance.
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[`buf1.compare(buf2)`]: #buffer_buf_compare_otherbuffer
[Array#indexOf()]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/indexOf
[util.inspect()]: util.html#util_util_inspect_object_options

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