Is there any difference between fs.ReadStream and fs.createReadStream in Node.js?

Question

Is there any difference between fs.ReadStream and fs.createReadStream in Node.js?

In fs module in Node.js, is there any difference between fs.ReadStream and fs.createReadStream? As far as I know, both take filename and then create stream object...right?

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Answer 1

No

https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/master/lib/fs.js#L1422

fs.createReadStream = function(path, options) {
  return new ReadStream(path, options);
};

Fine print: YES. fs.createReadStream costs you 1 extra wrapper function call