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Title: TextDecoder defaults to stream: true instead of false with null options · Issue #61411 · nodejs/node · GitHub

Open Graph Title: TextDecoder defaults to stream: true instead of false with null options · Issue #61411 · nodejs/node

X Title: TextDecoder defaults to stream: true instead of false with null options · Issue #61411 · nodejs/node

Description: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(Uint8Array.of(0x80), null) '' For any multi-byte encoding except utf-8 fast path Should be: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(Uint8Array.of(0x80), null) '�' This code here is wrong: node/lib/intern...

Open Graph Description: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(Uint8Array.of(0x80), null) '' For any multi-byte encoding except utf-8 fast path Should be: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(Uint8Array.of(0x80), null) '�' ...

X Description: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(Uint8Array.of(0x80), null) '' For any multi-byte encoding except utf-8 fast path Should be: > new TextDecoder('utf-16le').decode(U...

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