Function arrayLikeToString

lib/utils.js:164–197

* Transform an array-like object to a string. * @param {Array|ArrayBuffer|Uint8Array|Buffer} array the array to transform. * @return {String} the result.

(array)

 * @return {String} the result.
 */
function arrayLikeToString(array) {
    // Performances notes :
    // --------------------
    // String.fromCharCode.apply(null, array) is the fastest, see
    // see http://jsperf.com/converting-a-uint8array-to-a-string/2
    // but the stack is limited (and we can get huge arrays !).
    //
    // result += String.fromCharCode(array[i]); generate too many strings !
    //
    // This code is inspired by http://jsperf.com/arraybuffer-to-string-apply-performance/2
    // TODO : we now have workers that split the work. Do we still need that ?
    var chunk = 65536,
        type = exports.getTypeOf(array),
        canUseApply = true;
    if (type === "uint8array") {
        canUseApply = arrayToStringHelper.applyCanBeUsed.uint8array;
    } else if (type === "nodebuffer") {
        canUseApply = arrayToStringHelper.applyCanBeUsed.nodebuffer;
    }

    if (canUseApply) {
        while (chunk > 1) {
            try {
                return arrayToStringHelper.stringifyByChunk(array, type, chunk);
            } catch (e) {
                chunk = Math.floor(chunk / 2);
            }
        }
    }

    // no apply or chunk error : slow and painful algorithm
    // default browser on android 4.*
    return arrayToStringHelper.stringifyByChar(array);
}

exports.applyFromCharCode = arrayLikeToString;