On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:35 PM, Ryan Cole <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm writing a module that parses data as it comes in from a tcp socket. When > reading out data from a Buffer, is it better to stick to the slice method > because of the fact that it uses the same heap memory as the initial Buffer?
Yes. > Do the read methods do this, as well? I've just assumed that the read > methods do not use that same Buffer memory. I'd think that if it were > possible to stick to just using slice, my module would use less memory > during this data parsing phase. Is this accurate? I'm not sure what read methods you mean. socket.read()? buf.readUInt8() and friends? -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en
