Buffer integer writing functions return (offset + number bytes written) instead of (number bytes written)

[quentinadam]

• Version: 5.9.0
• Platform: Mac OS X 10.11.3 64-bit (Darwin Kernel Version 15.3.0)

When using the convenience methods to write integers to Buffer objects (like for example buf.writeUInt32LE(value, offset[, noAssert])), the value returned is (offset + number bytes written) instead of (number bytes written) as is indicated in the documentation.

Test case :

var buf = new Buffer(100);
var value = 1;
var offset = 20;
console.log(buf.writeUInt32LE(value, offset)); //outputs 24 instead of 4

This issue seems to appear with all integer writing functions.

[jasnell]

Yep, the documentation is wrong and has been fixed in master. See: #5736