@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ export class Decoder extends Emitter {
 return typeof payload === "string" || typeof payload === "object";
 case PacketType.EVENT:
 case PacketType.BINARY_EVENT:
-return Array.isArray(payload) && typeof payload[0] === "string";
+return Array.isArray(payload) && payload.length > 0;
 case PacketType.ACK:
 case PacketType.BINARY_ACK:
 return Array.isArray(payload);

@@ -47,6 +47,17 @@ describe("parser", () => {
 );
 });
 
+it("encodes an event (with an integer as event name)", (done) => {
+helpers.test(
+{
+type: PacketType.EVENT,
+data: [1, "a", {}],
+nsp: "/",
+},
+done
+);
+});
+
 it("encodes an event (with ack)", (done) => {
 helpers.test(
 {