streams2: Convert strings to buffers before passing to _write()

diff --git a/lib/_stream_writable.js b/lib/_stream_writable.js
index e2343e6..fd0cd11 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/_stream_writable.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_writable.js
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ Writable.prototype.write = function(chunk, encoding) {
     return;
   }
 
-  if (typeof chunk === 'string' && encoding)
+  if (typeof chunk === 'string')
     chunk = new Buffer(chunk, encoding);
 
   var ret = state.length >= state.highWaterMark;