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From: =?UTF-8?q?Filip=20M=C3=B6sner?= <filip.mosner@seznam.cz>
Date: Tue, 22 Aug 2023 01:49:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix: deprecation warning for new Buffer (#1905)
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Co-authored-by: Filip Mösner <filip.mosner@firma.seznam.cz>
---
 src/reader.js | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/reader.js b/src/reader.js
index 1b6ae13f8..b4fbf291e 100644
--- a/src/reader.js
+++ b/src/reader.js
@@ -312,9 +312,14 @@ Reader.prototype.bytes = function read_bytes() {
     this.pos += length;
     if (Array.isArray(this.buf)) // plain array
         return this.buf.slice(start, end);
-    return start === end // fix for IE 10/Win8 and others' subarray returning array of size 1
-        ? new this.buf.constructor(0)
-        : this._slice.call(this.buf, start, end);
+
+    if (start === end) { // fix for IE 10/Win8 and others' subarray returning array of size 1
+        var nativeBuffer = util.Buffer;
+        return nativeBuffer
+            ? nativeBuffer.alloc(0)
+            : new this.buf.constructor(0);
+    }
+    return this._slice.call(this.buf, start, end);
 };
 
 /**