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changeset 99562:e8cbebb273c6 2.7
Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71 [#20837]
| Martin Panter vadmium+py@gmail.com | |
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| date | Mon, 14 Dec 2015 02:54:40 +0000 |
| parents | 7b137466e879 |
| children | 937774aa1853 |
| files | Doc/library/base64.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/base64.rst 3 |
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@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ email, used as parts of URLs, or include
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.