Deprecated NodeJS API usage for Buffer instantiation

[LuminescentMoon]

Usage of new Buffer(size):

• L725-727
• L848
• L1284

Usage of new Buffer(array):

• L742
• L858

[Lord-Ptolemy]

What about the many people running on LTS?

[izy521]

I think Buffer.from() exists on LTS as well, but I'm not sure. In any ways, I'm not removing it until there's a version that just doesn't support it anymore. The intention was to allow this lib to be usable with 0.10.x and such.

[seishun]

@izy521 To clarify, do you feel strongly about keeping 0.10 support, or do you just prefer to keep things as-is unless there is a reason to change? (and in the latter case, would a runtime warning for the usage of Buffer() be such a reason?)

[izy521]

Sorry for the late reply @seishun . At this point I'm no longer interested in keeping support for 0.10, or any of the older versions that don't have Buffer.from() or Buffer.alloc/Unsafe(). The next version of my lib will be switching to those methods.