{"action":"closed","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/3781","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/3781/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/3781/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/nodejs/node/issues/3781/events","html_url":"https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/3781","id":116430839,"number":3781,"title":"V8 upgrade to 4.6.85.23: Can no longer create a Buffer instance with nullptr","user":{"login":"TooTallNate","id":71256,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/71256?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate","html_url":"https://github.com/TooTallNate","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/TooTallNate/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"closed","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-11-11T22:02:39Z","updated_at":"2015-11-11T22:13:26Z","closed_at":"2015-11-11T22:13:26Z","body":"In `ref` we do:\r\n\r\n``` c++\r\nNan::NewBuffer(nullptr, 0, wrap_pointer_cb, nullptr);\r\n```\r\n\r\ni.e. a Buffer instance backed by the null pointer, useful for ffi and other things. d8011d1683fe0d977de2bea1147f5213d4490c5a seems to have broken this functionality. Summoning a V8 guru (@indutny :wink:) to possibly find out what's going on?\r\n\r\nThanks!"}}