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1 2 {{alias}}( size ) 3 Allocates a buffer having a specified number of bytes. 4 5 The underlying memory of returned buffers is not initialized. Memory 6 contents are unknown and may contain sensitive data. 7 8 When the size is less than half a buffer pool size, memory is allocated from 9 the buffer pool for faster allocation of Buffer instances. 10 11 Parameters 12 ---------- 13 size: integer 14 Number of bytes to allocate. 15 16 Returns 17 ------- 18 out: Buffer 19 Buffer instance. 20 21 Examples 22 -------- 23 > var buf = {{alias}}( 100 ) 24 <Buffer> 25 26 See Also 27 -------- 28