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new Buffer(size) got deprecated

See original GitHub issue

new Buffer(size) got deprecated, use Buffer.alloc(size) instead.

Places in the code: https://github.com/rastapasta/mapscii/blob/5873af5c96e24be0774a6471730bb11674835f21/src/BrailleBuffer.coffee#L44-L46

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Created 5 years ago
Comments:5 (2 by maintainers)

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derhuerstcommented, Oct 17, 2018

You could also just raise to 6, which is LTS and still being maintained. Some well-known npm lib authors have done this recently.

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jaller94commented, Oct 18, 2018

@derhuerst Thank you so much for your input. I believe that the current decision is better than my previous judgment thanks to your posts.

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