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authorR David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com>2015-12-13 23:11:07 (GMT)
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Merge: #25495: Clarify b2a_base64 documentation vis 57 bytes.
In 3.6 the parameter to control the appending of the newline was finally added, so I dropped the historical note about why a new line was always appended.
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@@ -56,9 +56,7 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions:
Convert binary data to a line of ASCII characters in base64 coding. The return
value is the converted line, including a newline char if *newline* is
- true. The length of *data* should be at most 57 to adhere to the
- base64 standard.
-
+ true. The output of this function conforms to :rfc:`3548`.
.. versionchanged:: 3.6
Added the *newline* parameter.
@@ -172,7 +170,8 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions:
.. seealso::
Module :mod:`base64`
- Support for base64 encoding used in MIME email messages.
+ Support for RFC compliant base64-style encoding in base 16, 32, 64,
+ and 85.
Module :mod:`binhex`
Support for the binhex format used on the Macintosh.