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changeset: 99562:e8cbebb273c6 branch: 2.7 parent: 99555:7b137466e879 user: Martin Panter vadmium+py@gmail.com date: Mon Dec 14 02:54:40 2015 +0000 files: Doc/library/base64.rst description: Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71 diff -r 7b137466e879 -r e8cbebb273c6 Doc/library/base64.rst --- a/Doc/library/base64.rst Sun Dec 13 18:04:14 2015 -0500 +++ b/Doc/library/base64.rst Mon Dec 14 02:54:40 2015 +0000 @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ encoding algorithm is not the same as the :program:`uuencode` program. There are two interfaces provided by this module. The modern interface supports -encoding and decoding string objects using all three alphabets. The legacy +encoding and decoding string objects using all three :rfc:`3548` defined +alphabets (normal, URL-safe, and filesystem-safe). The legacy interface provides for encoding and decoding to and from file-like objects as well as strings, but only using the Base64 standard alphabet. /vadmium+py@gmail.com