bytebuffer.js - this.view is never null

src/bytebuffer.js

@@ -51,11 +51,11 @@ var ByteBuffer = function(capacity, littleEndian, noAssert) {
     this.view = capacity === 0 ? null : new DataView(this.buffer);
     //? } else {
     /**
-     * Uint8Array utilized to manipulate the backing buffer. Becomes `null` if the backing buffer has a capacity of `0`.
+     * Uint8Array utilized to manipulate the backing buffer.
      * @type {?Uint8Array}
      * @expose
      */
-    this.view = capacity === 0 ? null : new Uint8Array(this.buffer);
+    this.view = new Uint8Array(this.buffer);
     //? }
     //? }
 

src/methods/compact.js

@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ ByteBufferPrototype.compact = function(begin, end) {
     if (len === 0) {
         this.buffer = EMPTY_BUFFER;
         //? if (!NODE)
-        this.view = null;
+        this.view = new Uint8Array(this.buffer);
         if (this.markedOffset >= 0) this.markedOffset -= begin;
         this.offset = 0;
         this.limit = 0;

tests/suite.js

@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ function makeSuite(ByteBuffer) {
         test.notStrictEqual(bb.buffer, prevBuffer);
         test.strictEqual(bb.buffer, new ByteBuffer(0).buffer); // EMPTY_BUFFER
         if (type === ArrayBuffer) {
-            test.strictEqual(bb.view, null);
+            test.equal(bb.view.length, 0);
         }
         test.equal(bb.capacity(), 0);
         test.equal(bb.offset, 0);