Improve long buffer test

lib/buffer.js

@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function Buffer (subject, encoding, offset) {
     return new Buffer(subject, encoding, offset);
   }
 
-  var length, type;
+  var type;
 
   // Are we slicing?
   if (typeof offset === 'number') {
@@ -97,40 +97,38 @@ function Buffer (subject, encoding, offset) {
     // Find the length
     switch (type = typeof subject) {
       case 'number':
-        length = subject;
+        this.length = subject;
         break;
 
       case 'string':
-        length = Buffer.byteLength(subject, encoding);
+        this.length = Buffer.byteLength(subject, encoding);
         break;
 
       case 'object': // Assume object is an array
-        length = subject.length;
+        this.length = subject.length;
         break;
 
       default:
         throw new Error("First argument need to be an number, array or string.");
     }
 
-    this.length = length;
-
-    if (length > Buffer.poolSize) {
+    if (this.length > Buffer.poolSize) {
       // Big buffer, just alloc one.
       this.parent = new SlowBuffer(subject, encoding);
       this.offset = 0;
 
     } else {
       // Small buffer.
-      if (!pool || pool.length - pool.used < length) allocPool();
+      if (!pool || pool.length - pool.used < this.length) allocPool();
       this.parent = pool;
       this.offset = pool.used;
-      pool.used   += length;
+      pool.used += this.length;
 
       // Do we need to write stuff?
       if (type !== 'number') {
         // Assume object is an array
         if (type === 'object') {
-          for (var i = 0; i < length; i++) {
+          for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
             this.parent[i + this.offset] = subject[i];
           }
         } else {

test/simple/test-buffer.js

@@ -297,16 +297,18 @@ assert.equal(dot.toString('base64'), '//4uAA==');
 
 
 // Creating buffers larger than pool size.
+l = Buffer.poolSize + 5;
 s = ""
-for (i = 0; i < Buffer.poolSize + 5; i++) {
+for (i = 0; i < l; i++) {
   s += "h";
 }
-b = Buffer(s);
-sb = b.toString();
-assert.equal(sb, s);
-
-
-
 
+b = Buffer(s);
 
+for (i = 0; l; i++) {
+  assert.equal("h".charCodeAt(i), b[i], "index " + i + " is not 'h' it was " + b[i]);
+}
 
+sb = b.toString();
+assert.equal(sb.length, s.length);
+assert.equal(sb, s);