macOSX binding for 'readValue()' causes crash

[nospam2000]

When running the following example on macOSX machine:

node node_modules/@abandonware/noble/examples/peripheral-explorer-async.js a4-c1-38-82-a4-83

I get the following output and a crash at the end:

> node node_modules/@abandonware/noble/examples/peripheral-explorer-async.js a4-c1-38-82-a4-83
Peripheral with ID 7a95243d5b874477a300834c07ea1ada found
  Local Name        = LYWSD03MMC
  Service Data      = [
  {
    "uuid": "fe95",
    "data": {
      "type": "Buffer",
      "data": [
        48,
        88,
        91,
        5,
        1,
        131,
        164,
        130,
        56,
        193,
        164,
        40,
        1,
        0
      ]
    }
  }
]

Services and characteristics:
180a (Device Information)
  2a24 (Model Number String)
    properties  read
    value       4c5957534430334d4d4300 | 'LYWSD03MMC'
  2a25 (Serial Number String)
    properties  read
    value       46312e302d43464d4b2d4c422d464c442d2d2d2d | 'F1.0-CFMK-LB-FLD----'
  2a26 (Firmware Revision String)
    properties  read
    value       312e302e305f3031303900 | '1.0.0_0109'
  2a27 (Hardware Revision String)
    properties  read
    value       42312e34 | 'B1.4'
  2a28 (Software Revision String)
    properties  read
    value       3031303900 | '0109'
  2a29 (Manufacturer Name String)
    properties  read
    value       6d69616f6d69616f63652e636f6d00 | 'miaomiaoce.com'
180f (Battery Service)
  2a19 (Battery Level)
    properties  read, notify
    value       63 | 'c'
000102030405060708090a0b0c0d1912
2022-05-01 17:30:18.140 node[68333:12204633] -[NSTaggedPointerString bytes]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x486ca73b7029c609
2022-05-01 17:30:18.141 node[68333:12204633] *** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSInvalidArgumentException', reason: '-[NSTaggedPointerString bytes]: unrecognized selector sent to instance 0x486ca73b7029c609'
*** First throw call stack:
(
	0   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff2054829b __exceptionPreprocess + 242
	1   libobjc.A.dylib                     0x00007fff20281d92 objc_exception_throw + 48
	2   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff205caddd -[NSObject(NSObject) __retain_OA] + 0
	3   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff204b030b ___forwarding___ + 1448
	4   CoreFoundation                      0x00007fff204afcd8 _CF_forwarding_prep_0 + 120
	5   binding.node                        0x000000010446f4b0 -[BLEManager peripheral:didUpdateValueForDescriptor:error:] + 896
	6   CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff30967caa -[CBPeripheral handleAttributeEvent:args:attributeSelector:delegateSelector:delegateFlag:] + 219
	7   CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff30967e74 -[CBPeripheral handleDescriptorEvent:descriptorSelector:delegateSelector:delegateFlag:] + 113
	8   CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff309644f6 -[CBPeripheral handleMsg:args:] + 291
	9   CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff30959dda -[CBCentralManager handleMsg:args:] + 189
	10  CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff3094c037 -[CBManager xpcConnectionDidReceiveMsg:args:] + 177
	11  CoreBluetooth                       0x00007fff3094bf73 __30-[CBXpcConnection _handleMsg:]_block_invoke + 66
	12  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff2022b623 _dispatch_call_block_and_release + 12
	13  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff2022c806 _dispatch_client_callout + 8
	14  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff202325ea _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 606
	15  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff202330e0 _dispatch_lane_invoke + 417
	16  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff20232493 _dispatch_lane_serial_drain + 263
	17  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff202330ad _dispatch_lane_invoke + 366
	18  libdispatch.dylib                   0x00007fff2023cc0d _dispatch_workloop_worker_thread + 811
	19  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff203d345d _pthread_wqthread + 314
	20  libsystem_pthread.dylib             0x00007fff203d242f start_wqthread + 15
)
libc++abi: terminating with uncaught exception of type NSException

Drilling down the callstack shows that in node_modules/@abandonware/noble/lib/noble.js this code is the last JavaScript code executed:

  // defined by Noble.prototype.readValue = function (peripheralUuid, serviceUuid, characteristicUuid, descriptorUuid) {
  this._bindings.readValue(peripheralUuid, serviceUuid, characteristicUuid, descriptorUuid);

Here the values of the parameters:

• peripheralUuid = "7a95243d5b874477a300834c07ea1ada"
• serviceUuid = "000102030405060708090a0b0c0d1912"
• characteristicUuid = "000102030405060708090a0b0c0d2b12"
• descriptorUuid = "2901"

Compared to "nRF Connect" on my Android phone the values are correct (don't know about peripheralUuid).

Versions:

• macOSX: Big Sur 11.6.5
• XCode: 13.2.1
• @abandonware/noble: github:abandonware/noble#203824af98f94374322950c08b1ca19c6f7a80e4" (from 2022-05-01)