clean up typed array support detection

diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 5112d22436405501ac2da8ea71491113d2983575..1c28c585396a85a92a5833c2c65fff62a33e2154 100644 (file)
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -27,16 +27,10 @@ exports.kMaxLength = K_MAX_LENGTH
  * Browsers that support typed arrays are IE 10+, Firefox 4+, Chrome 7+, Safari 5.1+,
  * Opera 11.6+, iOS 4.2+.
  *
- * Sometimes we report that the browser does not support typed arrays, if there
- * exist extreme bugs in the implemetation. For example:
- *
- *   - Firefox 4-29 lacks support for adding new properties to `Uint8Array` instances,
- *     See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695438.
- *
- *   - Chrome 9-10 is missing the `TypedArray.prototype.subarray` function.
- *
- *   - IE10 has a broken `TypedArray.prototype.subarray` function which returns arrays of
- *     incorrect length in some situations.
+ * We report that the browser does not support typed arrays if the are not subclassable
+ * using __proto__. Firefox 4-29 lacks support for adding new properties to `Uint8Array`
+ * (See: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=695438). IE 10 lacks support
+ * for __proto__ and has a buggy typed array implementation.
  */
 Buffer.TYPED_ARRAY_SUPPORT = typedArraySupport()
 
@@ -47,12 +41,11 @@ if (!Buffer.TYPED_ARRAY_SUPPORT) {
 }
 
 function typedArraySupport () {
+  // Can typed array instances can be augmented?
   try {
     var arr = new Uint8Array(1)
     arr.__proto__ = {__proto__: Uint8Array.prototype, foo: function () { return 42 }}
-    return arr.foo() === 42 && // typed array instances can be augmented
-        typeof arr.subarray === 'function' && // chrome 9-10 lack `subarray`
-        arr.subarray(1, 1).byteLength === 0 // ie10 has broken `subarray`
+    return arr.foo() === 42
   } catch (e) {
     return false
   }