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diff --git a/doc/api/buffer.md b/doc/api/buffer.md index ac685b9cd5..27fcd7d804 100644 --- a/doc/api/buffer.md +++ b/doc/api/buffer.md @@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ The following legacy character encodings are also supported: better choice when encoding or decoding ASCII-only text. It is only provided for legacy compatibility. -* `'binary'`: Alias for `'latin1'`. See [binary strings][] for more background - on this topic. The name of this encoding can be very misleading, as all of the +* `'binary'`: Alias for `'latin1'`. + The name of this encoding can be very misleading, as all of the encodings listed here convert between strings and binary data. For converting between strings and `Buffer`s, typically `'utf8'` is the right choice. @@ -5528,6 +5528,5 @@ introducing security vulnerabilities into an application. [`util.inspect()`]: util.md#utilinspectobject-options [`v8::TypedArray::kMaxLength`]: https://v8.github.io/api/head/classv8_1_1TypedArray.html#a54a48f4373da0850663c4393d843b9b0 [base64url]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4648#section-5 -[binary strings]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/DOMString/Binary [endianness]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Endianness [iterator]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Iteration_protocols |