string_decoder: don't cache Buffer.isEncoding

Some modules are monkey-patching Buffer.isEncoding, so without this they cannot do that. Fixes: #1547 PR-URL: #1548 Reviewed-By: Evan Lucas <[email protected]> Reviewed-By: Ben Noordhuis <[email protected]>
nodejs · Apr 28, 2015 · 0fa6c4a · 0fa6c4a
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diff --git a/lib/string_decoder.js b/lib/string_decoder.js
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-const isEncoding = Buffer.isEncoding;
-
 function assertEncoding(encoding) {
-  if (encoding && !isEncoding(encoding)) {
+  // Do not cache `Buffer.isEncoding`, some modules monkey-patch it to support
+  // additional encodings
+  if (encoding && !Buffer.isEncoding(encoding)) {
     throw new Error('Unknown encoding: ' + encoding);
   }
 }