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doc: improve 'hex'
Buffer decoding description and examples
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Please run the linter 🙏 ( the word 'hexadecimal' needs to drop a line)
doc/api/buffer.md
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may occur when decoding strings that do exclusively contain valid hexadecimal | ||
characters. See below for an example. | ||
may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively contain valid | ||
hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. |
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Unfortunately, it doesn't matter much if the strings exclusively contain hexadecimal characters
. In fact, it might be more surprising that Buffer.from
truncates data even when it only contains hex digits:
// only hex, still truncated :(
Buffer.from('000', 'hex').toString('hex') === '00'
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Is it because it reads 2 characters at a time?
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Nvm, read the docs, which state:
Buffer.from('1a7g', 'hex');
// Prints <Buffer 1a>, data truncated when data ends in single digit ('7').
So the last '0'
is truncated because it's a single character, and the hex decoder expects pairs of characters.
So since the third '0'
does not have a pairing character, it is truncated.
Perhaps the description should state that? You know, not only in the code example?
doc/api/buffer.md
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may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively contain valid | ||
hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. |
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may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively contain valid | |
hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. | |
may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively consist of an even | |
number of hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. |
Maybe something like this?
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I think that this, plus another code example (something like 123
-> 12
) would be very nice
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@tniessen WDYT?
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SGTM. These are unfortunate oddities that we need to maintain for backward compatibility :(
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I took a better look at the examples and figured that I could achieve the same thing by altering the strings used in the examples.
* `'hex'`: Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters. Data truncation | ||
may occur when decoding strings that do exclusively contain valid hexadecimal | ||
characters. See below for an example. | ||
may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively consist of an even | ||
number of hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. |
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Optional nit-pick suggestion: The Microsoft style guide we follow suggests might
instead of may
in this context. But I wonder if it's actually will occur
rather than might occur
? All told:
* `'hex'`: Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters. Data truncation | |
may occur when decoding strings that do exclusively contain valid hexadecimal | |
characters. See below for an example. | |
may occur when decoding strings that do not exclusively consist of an even | |
number of hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. | |
* `'hex'`: Encode each byte as two hexadecimal characters. Data is truncated | |
when decoding strings that do not exclusively consist of an even | |
number of hexadecimal characters. See below for an example. |
'hex'
Buffer decoding description'hex'
Buffer decoding description and examples
Landed in dbe60a2 |
fixes nodejs#41594 PR-URL: nodejs#41598 Fixes: nodejs#41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: #41598 Fixes: #41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: nodejs#41598 Fixes: nodejs#41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: #41598 Fixes: #41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: #41598 Fixes: #41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: #41598 Fixes: #41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
PR-URL: #41598 Fixes: #41594 Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Tobias Nießen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Mestery <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <[email protected]>
Fixes: #41594