[buffer] fill() for utf16le is broken

[buffer] fill() for utf16le is broken

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bufferIssues and PRs related to the buffer subsystem.

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on Nov 29, 2016

Version: v6.9.1
Platform: Linux
Subsystem: buffer

Example of brokenness:

Buffer.allocUnsafeSlow(16).fill('a', 'utf16le').toString('utf16le')
// expect: 'aaaaaaaa'
// get:    '慡慡慡慡慡慡慡慡'

Seems to be treating the character as latin1.

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