Right way to fix the socket.destroy issue (Node v8.12.0)

lib/needle.js

@@ -468,9 +468,7 @@ Needle.prototype.send_request = function(count, method, uri, config, post_data,
   // for an example case, see test/long_string_spec.js. we make sure this
   // scenario ocurred by verifying the socket's writable & destroyed states.
   function on_socket_end() {
-    // socket.ssl is present on node versions 8.12.0, where the socket.destroy
-    // logic was apparently fixed.
-    if (!this.writable && this.destroyed === false && !this.ssl) {
+    if (!this.writable && this.destroyed === false) {
       this.destroy();
       had_error(new Error('Remote end closed socket abruptly.'))
     }
@@ -714,9 +712,10 @@ Needle.prototype.send_request = function(count, method, uri, config, post_data,
       set_timeout('response', config.response_timeout);
     }
 
+    // console.log(socket);
     if (!socket.on_socket_end) {
       socket.on_socket_end = on_socket_end;
-      socket.on('end', socket.on_socket_end);
+      socket.once('end', function() { process.nextTick(on_socket_end.bind(socket)) });
     }
   })
 

test/long_string_spec.js

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ describe('when posting a very long string', function() {
     }
 
     try {
-      needle.post('http://google.com', { data: get_string(Math.pow(2, 20)) }, finished)
+      needle.post('https://google.com', { data: get_string(Math.pow(2, 20)) }, finished)
     } catch(e) {
       error = e;
     }