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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-04-23 15:42:36 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1999-04-23 15:42:36 (GMT)
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Refer to the binhex module, not the non-existent hexbin module.
Added a "See also" section.
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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
\section{\module{binascii} ---
- Convert between binary \ASCII{}-encoded formats}
+ Convert between binary and \ASCII{}}
\declaremodule{builtin}{binascii}
\modulesynopsis{Tools for converting between binary and various
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The \module{binascii} module contains a number of methods to convert
between binary and various \ASCII{}-encoded binary
representations. Normally, you will not use these functions directly
but use wrapper modules like \refmodule{uu}\refstmodindex{uu} or
-\module{hexbin}\refstmodindex{hexbin} instead, this module solely
+\refmodule{binhex}\refstmodindex{binhex} instead, this module solely
exists because bit-manipuation of large amounts of data is slow in
Python.
@@ -81,3 +81,12 @@ Exception raised on incomplete data. These are usually not programming
errors, but may be handled by reading a little more data and trying
again.
\end{excdesc}
+
+
+\begin{seealso}
+ \seemodule{base64}{support for base64 encoding used in MIME email messages}
+
+ \seemodule{binhex}{support for the binhex format used on the Macintosh}
+
+ \seemodule{uu}{support for UU encoding used on \UNIX{}}
+\end{seealso}