René's URL Explorer Experiment

{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DiscussionForumPosting","headline":"buffer: documentation incorrect","articleBody":"The documentation of `writeU?Int(8|((16|32)[BL]E))?` [states](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/doc/api/buffer.markdown#bufwriteintlevalue-offset-bytelength-noassert) that the return value is the number of bytes written, while it [actually is](https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/e2488fa953ee4e9673ba51f20bc5b7eff2e0ffba/lib/buffer.js#L874) the offset plus this number.\n\nThis is inconsistent with a plain `write`, which returns only the bytes written, so before sending a PR, I wanted to ask which option is preferred: Correct the code (which might break modules \u0026 backwards compatibility) or fix the documentation.\n","author":{"url":"https://github.com/fb55","@type":"Person","name":"fb55"},"datePublished":"2016-03-13T10:44:54.000Z","interactionStatistic":{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/CommentAction","userInteractionCount":4},"url":"https://github.com/5682/node/issues/5682"}