Issue 3595: Windows base64 Decode (original) (raw)

I'm new to this and not quite sure how to go about posting an issue, but I will do the best I can. In Python 2.5.2, both from python.org and active state, all methods of decoding in base64 under Windows produce different output than base64 decoding under UNIX (I've tested it both on OS X and Linux, which produce the same results). I ran into this while writing a script that downloads email and parses mime attachments which are base64 encoded by a similar upload script. UNIX systems are able to download the attachments and decode the base64 back to the original attachments correctly, which I've verified with md5sum hashes. The same script under windows produces an incorrect file. At first I was not sure what the issue was, and I eventually wrote the raw base64 attachment to a file. I then used a windows command line tool to decode the file and it produced the correct output (again checked by md5sum). This leads me to believe that something is strange with base64 under Windows. I hope my explanation has helped some. If need be I'll upload the script so others can replicate my results.

Ahir