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This patch fixes some trivial documentation mistakes for streams
operating in object mode.

For `unshift()`, `_write()`, `push()` and `_transform()`, the data type
of the `chunk` parameter is extended with `any` and the description
is corrected to take into account that streams can operate in object mode.

PR-URL: #11807
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Franziska Hinkelmann <[email protected]>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <[email protected]>
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chdh authored and italoacasas committed Mar 20, 2017
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* `chunk` {Buffer|string} Chunk of data to unshift onto the read queue
* `chunk` {Buffer|string|any} Chunk of data to unshift onto the read queue

The `readable.unshift()` method pushes a chunk of data back into the internal
buffer. This is useful in certain situations where a stream is being consumed by
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#### writable.\_write(chunk, encoding, callback)

* `chunk` {Buffer|string} The chunk to be written. Will **always**
be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`.
* `chunk` {Buffer|string|any} The chunk to be written. Will **always**
be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`
or the stream is operating in object mode.
* `encoding` {string} If the chunk is a string, then `encoding` is the
character encoding of that string. If chunk is a `Buffer`, or if the
stream is operating in object mode, `encoding` may be ignored.
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#### readable.push(chunk[, encoding])

* `chunk` {Buffer|null|string} Chunk of data to push into the read queue
* `chunk` {Buffer|null|string|any} Chunk of data to push into the read queue
* `encoding` {string} Encoding of String chunks. Must be a valid
Buffer encoding, such as `'utf8'` or `'ascii'`
* Returns {boolean} `true` if additional chunks of data may continued to be
pushed; `false` otherwise.

When `chunk` is a `Buffer` or `string`, the `chunk` of data will be added to the
When `chunk` is not `null`, the `chunk` of data will be added to the
internal queue for users of the stream to consume. Passing `chunk` as `null`
signals the end of the stream (EOF), after which no more data can be written.

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#### transform.\_transform(chunk, encoding, callback)

* `chunk` {Buffer|string} The chunk to be transformed. Will **always**
be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`.
* `chunk` {Buffer|string|any} The chunk to be transformed. Will **always**
be a buffer unless the `decodeStrings` option was set to `false`
or the stream is operating in object mode.
* `encoding` {string} If the chunk is a string, then this is the
encoding type. If chunk is a buffer, then this is the special
value - 'buffer', ignore it in this case.
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