This has been fixed since. I don't know when. I have Node 9.3 and it produces a Buffer.
On Tue, Jan 2, 2018 at 4:18 PM, Stephen James <sajames1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Using electron I am trying to write out some bytes on a TCP socket. I am > using Buffer.from to convert to buffer before calling write, but am still > getting the above error. I have simplified it down to just creating an > empty ArrayBuffer and calling Buffer.from > > > var abuff = new ArrayBuffer(8 + encodedBuffer.length); > console.log(Buffer.from(abuff)); > socket.write(Buffer.from(abuff)); > > > TypeError: Invalid data, chunk must be a string or buffer, not object at > Socket.write (net.js:667:11) > > > The console.log shows the following: > > Uint8Array(51) [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, > 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, > 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] > > and not Buffer? > > > Why would Buffer.from not create a Buffer? > > > Versions in electron: > > ares:"1.10.1-DEV" > > atom-shell:"1.7.9" > > chrome:"58.0.3029.110" > > electron:"1.7.9" > > http_parser:"2.7.0" > > modules:"54" > > node:"7.9.0" > > openssl:"1.0.2k" > > uv:"1.11.0" > > v8:"5.8.283.38" > > zlib:"1.2.11" > > -- > Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ > New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file- > moderation-policy-md > Old group rules: 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > msgid/nodejs/33bc035f-8074-4cc8-8d14-b0603570db7a%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/33bc035f-8074-4cc8-8d14-b0603570db7a%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Job board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ New group rules: https://gist.github.com/othiym23/9886289#file-moderation-policy-md Old group rules: 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 unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to nodejs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to nodejs@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/nodejs/CAPJ5V2b89TkNexUjuFcSA70iyXOwM%2BUczwh5Uf%2By3CossHJCdg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
