marcello3d/node-buffalo — comment on commit fe42c4321fd00338233d54fbf21694dbb924fdc3
File: lib/objectid.js line 34
By shtylman:

dunno, depends in you prefer the clarify at the call site or not. Maybe in this case since you only create existing from string it is overkill, but I would think it would be nice in the case where you support from hex string or from existing buffers (dunno if you care to).