From 47a4e5f4caf0400c2ca95f0aae059bfdffe9ed08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dcode <dcode@dcode.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 22:47:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Fix invalid and remove unnecessary string encoding
 arguments in asc

---
 cli/asc.js | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/asc.js b/cli/asc.js
index fda8512943..1eb82f7b80 100644
--- a/cli/asc.js
+++ b/cli/asc.js
@@ -945,7 +945,7 @@ exports.main = function main(argv, options, callback) {
       let text;
       stats.readCount++;
       stats.readTime += measure(() => {
-        text = fs.readFileSync(name, { encoding: "utf8" });
+        text = fs.readFileSync(name, "utf8");
       });
       return text;
     } catch (e) {
@@ -961,10 +961,7 @@ exports.main = function main(argv, options, callback) {
         filename = path.basename(filename);
         const outputFilePath = path.join(dirPath, filename);
         if (!fs.existsSync(dirPath)) mkdirp(dirPath);
-        fs.writeFileSync(
-          outputFilePath, contents,
-          typeof contents === "string" ? { encoding: "utf8" } : void 0
-        );
+        fs.writeFileSync(outputFilePath, contents);
       });
       return true;
     } catch (e) {
@@ -993,7 +990,7 @@ exports.main = function main(argv, options, callback) {
     }
     stats.writeTime += measure(() => {
       if (typeof contents === "string") {
-        stdout.write(contents, { encoding: "utf8" });
+        stdout.write(contents);
       } else {
         stdout.write(contents);
       }

From baa992679a6b76ea4c9a7fe41c7652c39566f48e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dcode <dcode@dcode.io>
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2020 22:52:24 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] no need for a branch anymore

---
 cli/asc.js | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/cli/asc.js b/cli/asc.js
index 1eb82f7b80..ef26b5c99e 100644
--- a/cli/asc.js
+++ b/cli/asc.js
@@ -989,11 +989,7 @@ exports.main = function main(argv, options, callback) {
       writeStdout.used = true;
     }
     stats.writeTime += measure(() => {
-      if (typeof contents === "string") {
-        stdout.write(contents);
-      } else {
-        stdout.write(contents);
-      }
+      stdout.write(contents);
     });
   }
 };