Adding clarity to buffer toString docs. #8984
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As discussed in nodejs#8971, the docs for this method could be improved. Fixes: nodejs#8971
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| // Prints: tés | ||
| console.log(buf.toString('utf8', 0, 3)); | ||
| // Prints: 74c3a97374 | ||
| console.log(buf2.toString('hex')); |
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I know this isn’t mentioned in #8971, but the console.log(buf.toString(…)) statements should probably refer to buf1, not buf, so it would make sense to fix that, too?
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Ah, totally missed that. Sure.
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| * `encoding` {String} The character encoding to decode to. **Default:** `'utf8'` | |||
| * `start` {Integer} Where to start decoding. **Default:** `0` | |||
| * `end` {Integer} Where to stop decoding (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] | |||
| * `start` {Integer} They byte offset to start decoding at. **Default:** `0` | |||
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| * `start` {Integer} Where to start decoding. **Default:** `0` | ||
| * `end` {Integer} Where to stop decoding (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] | ||
| * `start` {Integer} The byte offset to start decoding at. **Default:** `0` | ||
| * `end` {Integer} The byte offset to stop decoding at (not inclusive). **Default:** [`buf.length`] |
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Landed in 366fc7a. fixed nits on landing |
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Description of change
As discussed in #8971, the docs for this method could be improved. This is my attempt at clarification.
Fixes: #8971