From 1081f0f33df3a6e8825489600967a6f9e469ebb6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francis Gulotta <wizard@roborooter.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Dec 2016 15:45:14 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fs: remove needless assignment of null

This line `pool = null;` isn't needed and has
been around since the first iteration of streams.
I can't find a good reason for it to exist, it's
not more readable, nor does it seem to trick the
compiler into any optimizations.

PR-URL: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/10260
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Italo A. Casas <me@italoacasas.com>
---
 lib/fs.js | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 5ce710fde8..bd027c3427 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1791,7 +1791,6 @@ ReadStream.prototype._read = function(n) {
 
   if (!pool || pool.length - pool.used < kMinPoolSpace) {
     // discard the old pool.
-    pool = null;
     allocNewPool(this._readableState.highWaterMark);
   }