From 11a06fe1e4c5f499fa2ce64acf2f5fe93c29ec5f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: isaacs <i@izs.me>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 21:34:30 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Closes GH-85 Emit error rather than throwing.

Since "error" events will throw when unhandled anyhow, it makes no sense
to throw from an EventEmitter's method, especially for such a minor
misdemeanor as attempting to write to a non-writable stream.
---
 lib/fs.js        | 3 ++-
 lib/tty_win32.js | 3 ++-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index 244923fb94..fccbfd2551 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1066,7 +1066,8 @@ WriteStream.prototype.flush = function() {
 
 WriteStream.prototype.write = function(data) {
   if (!this.writable) {
-    throw new Error('stream not writable');
+    this.emit("error", new Error('stream not writable'));
+    return false;
   }
 
   this.drainable = true;
diff --git a/lib/tty_win32.js b/lib/tty_win32.js
index 6ca011a333..7aa137a094 100644
--- a/lib/tty_win32.js
+++ b/lib/tty_win32.js
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ WriteStream.prototype.isTTY = true;
 
 WriteStream.prototype.write = function(data, encoding) {
   if (!this.writable) {
-    throw new Error('stream not writable');
+    this.emit("error", new Error('stream not writable'));
+    return false;
   }
 
   if (Buffer.isBuffer(data)) {