Unnecessary octet-masking
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Description
# Unnecessary `& 255`
https://github.com/LinusU/base32-decode/blob/fa61c01bc0bbd963a1abcf86cc519f09d70b09e0/index.js#L49
Assignment of `Uint8Array` elements only takes the least significant octet. Unlike `Uint8ClampedArray`, it does not clamp the value; it truncates.
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Research direction
Start at index.js line 49, as linked in the issue, and inspect the surrounding Uint8Array assignment. Run the existing test suite before and after the focused change; done means the unnecessary masking is removed without changing decoder behavior.
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- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 1/5
- Estimated time
- Under an hour
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