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title: debug.slurp() function
description: >
  `debug.slurp()` will read the incoming tables and concatenate buffers with the same group key
  into a single in memory table buffer. This is useful for testing the performance impact of multiple
  buffers versus a single buffer.
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`debug.slurp()` will read the incoming tables and concatenate buffers with the same group key
into a single in memory table buffer. This is useful for testing the performance impact of multiple
buffers versus a single buffer.



##### Function type signature

```js
(<-tables: stream[A]) => stream[A] where A: Record
```

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## Parameters

### tables

Stream to consume into single buffers per table.