Fast Buffer safe constructor

14 years ago · 2dda6be799
1 changed files with 4 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/lib/buffer.js
+++ b/lib/buffer.js
@ -91,6 +91,10 @@ function allocPool () {


 function Buffer (subject, encoding, legacy, slice_legacy) {
+  if (!(this instanceof Buffer)) {
+    return new Buffer(subject, encoding, legacy, slice_legacy);
+  }
+
  var length, type;

  // Are we slicing?