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Make notes about `TypeError` conditions in `Buffer.from()` variants
more accurate.

PR-URL: nodejs#27030
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Ruben Bridgewater <[email protected]>
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vsemozhetbyt committed Apr 2, 2019
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const buf = Buffer.from([0x62, 0x75, 0x66, 0x66, 0x65, 0x72]);
```

A `TypeError` will be thrown if `array` is not an `Array`.
A `TypeError` will be thrown if `array` is not an `Array` or other type
appropriate for `Buffer.from()` variants.

### Class Method: Buffer.from(arrayBuffer[, byteOffset[, length]])
<!-- YAML
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```

A `TypeError` will be thrown if `arrayBuffer` is not an [`ArrayBuffer`] or a
[`SharedArrayBuffer`].
[`SharedArrayBuffer`] or other type appropriate for `Buffer.from()` variants.

### Class Method: Buffer.from(buffer)
<!-- YAML
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// Prints: buffer
```

A `TypeError` will be thrown if `buffer` is not a `Buffer`.
A `TypeError` will be thrown if `buffer` is not a `Buffer` or other type
appropriate for `Buffer.from()` variants.

### Class Method: Buffer.from(object[, offsetOrEncoding[, length]])
<!-- YAML
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// Prints: <Buffer 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 61 20 74 65 73 74>
```

A `TypeError` will be thrown if `object` has not mentioned methods or is not of
other type appropriate for `Buffer.from()` variants.

### Class Method: Buffer.from(string[, encoding])
<!-- YAML
added: v5.10.0
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// Prints: this is a tC)st
```

A `TypeError` will be thrown if `string` is not a string.
A `TypeError` will be thrown if `string` is not a string or other type
appropriate for `Buffer.from()` variants.

### Class Method: Buffer.isBuffer(obj)
<!-- YAML
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