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Jaco Greeff 6f8c54337b Remove {from,to}Buffer methods (#89)
* Remove all {from,to}Buffer utility methods

* Fix check & test

* Updsate docs

* Bump minor
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buffer

Utility methods to convert to and from Buffer objects

bufferFromU8a

Creates a Buffer object from a Uint8Array. (alias of u8aToBuffer)

bufferFromU8a (value?: string): Buffer

bufferToU8a

Creates a Uint8Array value from a Buffer object.

bufferToU8a (value?: Buffer): string

null inputs returns an empty result, Buffer values return the actual value as a Uint8Array. Anything that is not a Buffer object throws an error.

import { bufferToU8a } from '@polkadot/util';

bufferToU8a(Buffer.from([1, 2, 3]));