Merge pull request #2 from jhermsmeier/next

Add `encoding` parameter to `#decode()`

README.md

@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ var result = bencode.decode( data )
 Automagically convert bytestrings to strings:
 
 ```javascript
-var result = bencode.decode( data, true )
+var result = bencode.decode( data, 'utf8' )
 ```
 
 #### Output
@@ -109,12 +109,12 @@ var result = bencode.decode( data, true )
 
 Returns `String`
 
-### bencode.decode( *data*, *toString* )
+### bencode.decode( *data*, *encoding* )
 
 > `Buffer` __data__  
-> `Boolean` __toString__
+> `String` __encoding__
 
-If `toString` is set to something truthy,  
-bytestrings are automatically converted to strings.
+If `encoding` is set, bytestrings are
+automatically converted to strings.
 
 Returns `Object` | `Array` | `Buffer` | `String` | `Number`

benchmark/index.js

@@ -7,23 +7,26 @@ var fs        = require( 'fs' )
 var suite = new Benchmark.Suite
 
 var buffer = fs.readFileSync( __dirname + '/test.torrent' )
-var data   = bencode.decode( buffer, true )
+var data   = bencode.decode( buffer, 'ascii' )
 var string = bencode.encode( data )
 
 suite
-  .add( 'new#encode( Object )', function () {
+  .add( 'new.encode( Object )', function () {
     bencode.encode( data )
   })
-  .add( 'old#encode( Object )', function () {
+  .add( 'old.encode( Object )', function () {
     old.encode( data )
   })
-  .add( 'new#decode( Buffer )', function () {
+  .add( 'new.decode( Buffer )', function () {
     bencode.decode( buffer )
   })
-  .add( 'new#decode( Buffer, true )', function () {
-    bencode.decode( buffer, true )
+  .add( 'new.decode( Buffer, "ascii" )', function () {
+    bencode.decode( buffer, 'ascii' )
   })
-  .add( 'old#decode( String )', function () {
+  .add( 'new.decode( Buffer, "utf8" )', function () {
+    bencode.decode( buffer, 'utf8' )
+  })
+  .add( 'old.decode( String )', function () {
     old.decode( string )
   })
   .on( 'cycle', function ( event, bench ) {

bencode.js

@@ -63,18 +63,17 @@ encode.list = function( data ) {
  * Decodes bencoded data.
  * 
  * @param  {Buffer} data
- * @param  {Boolean} toString
+ * @param  {String} encoding
  * @return {Object|Array|Buffer|String|Number}
  */
-function decode( data, toString ) {
+function decode( data, encoding ) {
 
   if( !(this instanceof decode) ) {
-    return new decode( data, toString )
+    return new decode( data, encoding )
   }
 
-  this.stringify = !!toString
-
-  this.data = data
+  this.encoding = encoding || null
+  this.data     = data
 
   return this.next()
 
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ decode.prototype = {
       case 0x64: return this.dictionary()
       case 0x6C: return this.list()
       case 0x69: return this.integer()
-      default:  return this.bytes()
+      default:   return this.bytes()
     }
 
   },
@@ -166,8 +165,8 @@ decode.prototype = {
 
     this.forward( sepl )
 
-    return this.stringify
-      ? bytes.toString()
+    return this.encoding
+      ? bytes.toString( this.encoding )
       : bytes
 
   }

package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
 
   "name": "bencode",
-  "version": "0.2.0",
+  "version": "0.3.0",
   "description": "Bencode de/encoder",
   "keywords": [ "torrent", "bittorrent", "bencode", "bdecode", "bencoding" ],