Function from

app/public/socketcluster-client.js:2733–2779

(value, encodingOrOffset, length)

Buffer.poolSize = 8192 // not used by this implementation

function from (value, encodingOrOffset, length) {
  if (typeof value === 'string') {
    return fromString(value, encodingOrOffset)
  }

  if (ArrayBuffer.isView(value)) {
    return fromArrayLike(value)
  }

  if (value == null) {
    throw TypeError(
      'The first argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, ' +
      'or Array-like Object. Received type ' + (typeof value)
    )
  }

  if (isInstance(value, ArrayBuffer) ||
      (value && isInstance(value.buffer, ArrayBuffer))) {
    return fromArrayBuffer(value, encodingOrOffset, length)
  }

  if (typeof value === 'number') {
    throw new TypeError(
      'The "value" argument must not be of type number. Received type number'
    )
  }

  var valueOf = value.valueOf && value.valueOf()
  if (valueOf != null && valueOf !== value) {
    return Buffer.from(valueOf, encodingOrOffset, length)
  }

  var b = fromObject(value)
  if (b) return b

  if (typeof Symbol !== 'undefined' && Symbol.toPrimitive != null &&
      typeof value[Symbol.toPrimitive] === 'function') {
    return Buffer.from(
      value[Symbol.toPrimitive]('string'), encodingOrOffset, length
    )
  }

  throw new TypeError(
    'The first argument must be one of type string, Buffer, ArrayBuffer, Array, ' +
    'or Array-like Object. Received type ' + (typeof value)
  )
}

/**
 * Functionally equivalent to Buffer(arg, encoding) but throws a TypeError