delta/node.git/test/simple/test-http-client-encoding.js, branch move-debugger-tests github.com: joyent/node.git http: force socket encoding to be null 2013-11-07T16:24:50+00:00 isaacs i@izs.me 2013-11-03T22:32:03+00:00 ea8feced871849715608cc47618d8ee1cf82742b Otherwise the string triggers an assertion error in node_http_parser.c, line 370: assert(Buffer::HasInstance(args[0]) == true); because the first argument is not a Buffer object. 
Otherwise the string triggers an assertion error in node_http_parser.c,
line 370:

    assert(Buffer::HasInstance(args[0]) == true);

because the first argument is not a Buffer object.