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| author | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2015-12-14 02:54:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2015-12-14 02:54:40 (GMT) |
| commit | edd6a817d1794c9e26d3d215ac8f90048fb2a6df (patch) | |
| tree | 11975c132104c35c7b06c39e2897f46d18ca978d /Doc/library | |
| parent | b75adccd0af3a45ac63bc003af4fe6945d6cd6e4 (diff) | |
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Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71
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diff --git a/Doc/library/base64.rst b/Doc/library/base64.rst index c9ce28b..2a9840b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/base64.rst +++ b/Doc/library/base64.rst @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ email, used as parts of URLs, or included as part of an HTTP POST request. The 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. |