v0.12.0 segmentation fault in new Buffer(string, encoding)

index.js

var binding ;
try {
	//binding = require('./build/Release/htmlstrip.node')
} catch(e){
	//binding = require('./build/Debug/htmlstrip.node')
}


module.exports.html_strip = function(html,options){
	var input;
	if (typeof html == 'string'){
		input = new Buffer(html,'utf-16le');
	} else {
		input = html;
	}

	console.log("sdfsd\n\n\n\n\n");
	console.log("sdfsd");
	console.log("sdfsd");

	return input.toString();
	//var buf = binding.html_strip(input, input.length, options);
	//return buf.toString('utf-16le',0,buf._charsWritten*2);
}

module.exports.html_strip_with_hints = function(html,options){
	var input;
	if (typeof html == 'string'){
		input = new Buffer(html,'utf-16le');
	} else {
		input = html;
	}

	var buf = binding.html_strip(input, input.length, options);
	return {
		text: buf.toString('utf-16le',0,buf._charsWritten*2),
		hints: buf.tag_hints
	};
}

module.exports.html_entities_decode = function(string){
	if (typeof string == 'string'){
		string = new Buffer(string,'utf-16le');
	}

	var buf = binding.html_entities_decode(string, string.length);
	return buf.toString('utf-16le',0,buf._charsWritten*2);
}

module.exports.accented_chars_norm = function(string){
	if (typeof string == 'string'){
		string = new Buffer(string,'utf-16le');
	}

	var buf = binding.accented_chars_norm(string, string.length);
	return buf.toString('utf-16le',0,buf._charsWritten*2);
}

module.exports.accented_chars_strip = function(string){
	if (typeof string == 'string'){
		string = new Buffer(string,'utf-16le');
	}

	var buf = binding.accented_chars_strip(string, string.length);
	return buf.toString('utf-16le',0,buf._charsWritten*2);
}

test_strip.js

var hs = require('../')

var strings = {
  '<a href="#"> linky link </a>' : '  linky link  ',
  '&Aacute; &Auml; =	Ä | &Auml	 = Ä| &Aringngstr&oumlm': 'Á Ä =	Ä | Ä	 = Ä| Ångström',
  '&&&approx;' : '&&≈',
  'Begin <img src="some_url" alt="This should be \'in\' the output"> End' : "Begin  This should be 'in' the output  End",
  'Begin <img src="some_url" alt=OnlyThis should be in the output> End': 'Begin  OnlyThis  End',
  "Begin <img src=\"some_url\" alt='single\"_\"quoted'> End": 'Begin  single"_"quoted  End',
  "Begin <img src=\"some_url\" alt='single> End" :'Begin  single End'
};

for(var i in strings){
  console.log(i);
  var converted = hs.html_strip(i, {include_attributes:{'alt':true}});
  console.log(converted);
  var result = (strings[i] == converted);
  //console.log("done .......");
  if(!result){
    console.log(
      "'" + i + "' : '" + strings[i] + "' ? " +
      "'" + strings[i] + "' == '" + converted + "' -> '" +
      result + "'"
    );

    console.log('FAIL!');
    process.exit(-1);
  }
}
console.log('OK');