@stdlib/buffer/alloc-unsafe/docs/types/index.d.ts

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// TypeScript Version: 4.1

/// <reference types="node"/>

import { Buffer } from 'buffer';

/**
* Allocates a buffer having a specified number of bytes.
*
* ## Notes
*
* -   The underlying memory of returned `Buffer` 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` constructor), memory is allocated from the `Buffer` pool for faster allocation of new `Buffer` instances.
*
*
* @param size - number of bytes to allocate
* @throws must provide a nonnegative integer
* @returns new `Buffer` instance
*
* @example
* var buf = allocUnsafe( 10 );
* // returns <Buffer>
*/
declare function allocUnsafe( size: number ): Buffer;


// EXPORTS //

export = allocUnsafe;