diff --git a/lib/Connection.js b/lib/Connection.js
index cd37060..7b85093 100644
--- a/lib/Connection.js
+++ b/lib/Connection.js
@@ -1593,6 +1593,7 @@ module.exports = Connection;
 function escape(str) {
   return str.replace(RE_BACKSLASH, '\\\\').replace(RE_DBLQUOTE, '\\"');
 }
+
 function validateUIDList(uids, noThrow) {
   for (var i = 0, len = uids.length, intval; i < len; ++i) {
     if (typeof uids[i] === 'string') {
@@ -1615,16 +1616,15 @@ function validateUIDList(uids, noThrow) {
       uids[i] = intval;
   }
 }
+
 function hasNonASCII(str) {
-  var ret = false;
   for (var i = 0, len = str.length; i < len; ++i) {
-    if (str.charCodeAt(i) > 0x7F) {
-      ret = true;
-      break;
-    }
+    if (str.charCodeAt(i) > 0x7F)
+      return true;
   }
-  return ret;
+  return false;
 }
+
 function buildString(str) {
   if (typeof str !== 'string')
     str = ''+str;
@@ -1635,6 +1635,7 @@ function buildString(str) {
   } else
     return '"' + escape(str) + '"';
 }
+
 function buildSearchQuery(options, extensions, info, isOrChild) {
   var searchargs = '', err, val;
   for (var i = 0, len = options.length; i < len; ++i) {