buffer: write strings directly from call

Buffer(<String>) used to pass the string to js where it would then be
passed back to cpp for processing. Now only the buffer object
instantiation is done in js and the string is processed in cpp.

Also added a Buffer api that also accepts the encoding.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/node_buffer.h b/src/node_buffer.h
index fe2abb9e5e0..37468f2d371 100644
--- a/src/node_buffer.h
+++ b/src/node_buffer.h
@@ -42,7 +42,8 @@ NODE_EXTERN size_t Length(v8::Handle<v8::Object> val);
 // public constructor
 NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Object> New(size_t length);
 // public constructor from string
-NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Object> New(v8::Handle<v8::String> string);
+NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Object> New(v8::Handle<v8::String> string,
+                                      enum encoding enc = UTF8);
 // public constructor - data is copied
 // TODO(trevnorris): should be something like Copy()
 NODE_EXTERN v8::Local<v8::Object> New(const char* data, size_t len);