Unicode characters are encoded incorrectly and/or cause parse errors – tape-run about browser-run HOT 6 CLOSED

var tape = require('tape');
var url = require('url');

tape('unicode routes', function (t) {
    var exampleUrl = 'http://example.com/тест#тест';
    var link = document.createElement('a');
    link.href = exampleUrl;

    console.log('Simple string: тест\n');

    console.log('Browser parsed pathname: ' + link.pathname.substr(1));
    console.log('Node parsed pathname: ' + url.parse(exampleUrl).pathname.substr(1) + '\n');

    console.log('Browser parsed hash: ' + link.hash.substr(1));
    console.log('Node parsed hash: ' + url.parse(exampleUrl).hash.substr(1));
});

var foo = document.createElement('a');
foo.href = 'http://example.com/тест#тест';

console.log('Pathname: ' + foo.pathname);
console.log('Hash: ' + foo.hash);

var str = 'тест';
str.substr(1); // "ест"

var link = document.createElement('a');
link.href = 'http://example.com/тест#тест';
link.pathname; // "/%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82"
link.hash; // "#тест"

test("routes with unicode", function (t) {
    location.replace('http://example.com#search/' + encodeURIComponent('тест'));
    Backbone.history.checkUrl();
    t.equal(router.query, "тест");
});