bpo-27846: Delete incorrect note in base64 docs (GH-5666) · python/cpython@b93a52b (original) (raw)

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@@ -218,14 +218,6 @@ The modern interface provides:
218 218 .. versionadded:: 3.4
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220 220
221 -.. note::
222 - Both Base85 and Ascii85 have an expansion factor of 5 to 4 (5 Base85 or
223 - Ascii85 characters can encode 4 binary bytes), while the better-known
224 - Base64 has an expansion factor of 6 to 4. They are therefore more
225 - efficient when space expensive. They differ by details such as the
226 - character map used for encoding.
227 -
228 -
229 221 The legacy interface:
230 222
231 223 .. function:: decode(input, output)