/node-fast-buffer

A faster way of handling buffers.

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Node Fast Buffer Build Status

NPM

A faster way of handling Buffers, or so I say.

Warning: This is technically NOT a real buffer.

Performance

You can find the benchmark code here.

Run your own benchmark with:

$ node benchmark/showdown
Buffer     x 467,927 ops/sec ±40.33% (65 runs sampled)
fastBuffer x 611,158 ops/sec ±23.73% (68 runs sampled)

Installing

$ npm install fast-buffer --save

Installing the latest version

$ npm install git+https://github.com/majimboo/node-fast-buffer.git

or for those without git

$ npm install http://github.com/majimboo/node-fast-buffer/tarball/master

Usage

var fastBuffer = require('fast-buffer').fastBuffer;

Documentation

TODO

  • Make it 100% node buffer API compatible

WORK IN PROGRESS - TBC