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is-buffer
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feross / is-buffer

is-buffer

Determine if an object is a Buffer

2Distinct people
2Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
93GitHub stars
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What it is

Determine if an object is a Buffer

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 12:54:37 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2021-11-04 08:50:34 UTC to 2021-11-04 09:29:07 UTC.

012021-11-04 08:00:00 UTC to 2021-11-04 09:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 4, 08:002021-11-04 09:00:00 UTC to 2021-11-04 10:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsNov 4, 09:00

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Nov 4, 08:002021-11-04 08:00:00 UTC2021-11-04 09:00:00 UTC101
Nov 4, 09:002021-11-04 09:00:00 UTC2021-11-04 10:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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Yes, in this case I would put something like this on top of the file: # Fork by TekMol of https://github.com/feross/is-buffer # Which is MIT licensed by Feross Aboukhadijeh I am actually never completely sure how to properly do this. Would the next forker write the following then? # Fork by Joe of https://github.com/tekmol/isBuffer # Which is a fork by TekMol of https://github.com/feross/is-buffer # Which is MIT licensed by Feross Aboukhadijeh
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