Judging from the code Aaron linked, neither does v0.8 know how to convert the object into a buffer. It relies on #toString().
On 02/16/2013 12:45 AM, Nathan Rajlich wrote: > Aaron, I'm a little confused at exactly what you're trying to do, > but if you have a Readable stream outputting "objects" of some kind > (since it's in objectMode), and you pipe() to a writable stream > that is *not* in objectMode (i.e. it's expecting strings and/or > buffers), then what would you expect the Writable stream to do? How > would it know how to convert your Object from the readable stream > into a Buffer? > > On Fri, Feb 15, 2013 at 12:14 PM, Aaron Heckmann > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > wrote: > > In node < 0.9, WriteStreams converted non-Buffers to Buffers > transparently. > > https://github.com/joyent/node/blob/v0.8.20-release/lib/fs.js#L1557-L1561 > > In 0.9, this is not the case, which leaves me a bit confused with > the ReadableStreams objectMode option. I'd like to pipe a > ReadableStream in objectMode to a writable stream and rely on > conversion to Buffers without needing to create a transform > stream, the way I could in 0.8x. Is this by design? > > http://nodejs.org/docs/v0.9.8/api/stream.html#stream_new_stream_readable_options > > > > > -- Aaron @aaronheckmann <https://twitter.com/#!/aaronheckmann> > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> To > unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > <mailto:nodejs%[email protected]> For more options, > visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and > stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > [email protected] > <mailto:nodejs%[email protected]>. For more options, > visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: > https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email > to [email protected] For more options, visit this > group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en > > --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the > Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and > stop receiving emails from it, send an email to > [email protected]. For more options, visit > https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- -- Job Board: http://jobs.nodejs.org/ Posting guidelines: https://github.com/joyent/node/wiki/Mailing-List-Posting-Guidelines You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nodejs?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "nodejs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
