Empty object property values

[grippy]

In the process of migrating an app from 2.0x version of redis-node to use v0.4.0. I've noticed an error in how hash dictionaries load.

Passing an empty string on key/value returns this error:

{
events: '',
created_at: 1297652538454
}

node.js:116
throw e; // process.nextTick error, or 'error' event on first tick
^
Error: Offset is out of bounds
at Socket._writeImpl (net.js:138:14)
at Socket._writeOut (net.js:427:25)
at Socket.flush (net.js:506:24)
at Socket._onWritable (net.js:584:12)
at Socket._onConnect (net.js:572:12)
at IOWatcher.onWritable as callback

This previously worked with node v0.2.5 and redis-node which was targeted at 0.2.x.

Have you seen this before?