- problem with scoping

lib/gelf.js

@@ -4,18 +4,9 @@ var zlib = require('zlib');
 var Binary = require('binary');
 
 function decode(buf) {
-	var gelf_header = Binary.parse(buf).word16lu('chunk_magic').vars;
-	var json;
-	switch(gelf_header['chunk_magic']) {
-		case '40056':
-			json = zlib.inflate(buf);
-			break;
-		case '35615':
-			logger.error('got GZIP message, trying to unzip');
-			json = zlib.Gunzip(buf);
-			break;
-	}
+	var json = uncompress(buf);
 
+	logger.error('got json: '+json);
 	return JSON.parse(json);
 }
 
@@ -28,5 +19,18 @@ function encode(struc) {
 	return comp;
 }
 
+function uncompress(buf) {
+	var gelf_header = Binary.parse(buf).word16lu('chunk_magic').vars;
+	switch(gelf_header['chunk_magic']) {
+		case '40056':
+			return zlib.inflate(buf);
+			break;
+		case '35615':
+			logger.error('got GZIP message, trying to unzip');
+			return zlib.Gunzip(buf);
+			break;
+	}	
+}
+
 exports.decode = decode;
 exports.encode = encode;