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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/base64.rst42
-rwxr-xr-xLib/base64.py28
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_base64.py32
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py2
-rw-r--r--Lib/xmlrpc/client.py6
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS4
6 files changed, 66 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/base64.rst b/Doc/library/base64.rst
index 62bf1d4..9ff065a 100644
--- a/Doc/library/base64.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/base64.rst
@@ -116,38 +116,44 @@ The modern interface provides:
incorrectly padded or if there are non-alphabet characters present in the
string.
-The legacy interface:
+The legacy interface:
.. function:: decode(input, output)
- Decode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting binary data to
- the *output* file. *input* and *output* must either be file objects or objects
- that mimic the file object interface. *input* will be read until
- ``input.read()`` returns an empty string.
+ Decode the contents of the binary *input* file and write the resulting binary
+ data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must either be file objects
+ or objects that mimic the file object interface working with bytes
+ objects. *input* will be read until ``input.read()`` returns an empty string.
-.. function:: decodestring(s)
+.. function:: decodebytes(s)
+ decodestring(s)
- Decode the string *s*, which must contain one or more lines of base64 encoded
- data, and return a string containing the resulting binary data.
+ Decode the bytestring *s*, which must contain one or more lines of base64
+ encoded data, and return a bytestring containing the resulting binary data.
+ ``decodestring`` is a deprecated alias.
.. function:: encode(input, output)
- Encode the contents of the *input* file and write the resulting base64 encoded
- data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must either be file objects or
- objects that mimic the file object interface. *input* will be read until
- ``input.read()`` returns an empty string. :func:`encode` returns the encoded
- data plus a trailing newline character (``'\n'``).
+ Encode the contents of the binary *input* file and write the resulting base64
+ encoded data to the *output* file. *input* and *output* must either be file
+ objects or objects that mimic the file object interface working with bytes
+ objects. *input* will be read until ``input.read()`` returns an empty string.
+ :func:`encode` returns the encoded data plus a trailing newline character
+ (``b'\n'``).
+
+.. function:: encodebytes(s)
+ encodestring(s)
-.. function:: encodestring(s)
+ Encode the bytestring *s*, which can contain arbitrary binary data, and
+ return a bytestring containing one or more lines of base64-encoded data.
+ :func:`encodebytes` returns a string containing one or more lines of
+ base64-encoded data always including an extra trailing newline (``b'\n'``).
+ ``encodestring`` is a deprecated alias.
- Encode the string *s*, which can contain arbitrary binary data, and return a
- string containing one or more lines of base64-encoded data.
- :func:`encodestring` returns a string containing one or more lines of
- base64-encoded data always including an extra trailing newline (``'\n'``).
An example usage of the module:
diff --git a/Lib/base64.py b/Lib/base64.py
index 4308fb4..c1135a8 100755
--- a/Lib/base64.py
+++ b/Lib/base64.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import binascii
__all__ = [
# Legacy interface exports traditional RFC 1521 Base64 encodings
- 'encode', 'decode', 'encodestring', 'decodestring',
+ 'encode', 'decode', 'encodebytes', 'decodebytes',
# Generalized interface for other encodings
'b64encode', 'b64decode', 'b32encode', 'b32decode',
'b16encode', 'b16decode',
@@ -329,11 +329,9 @@ def decode(input, output):
output.write(s)
-def encodestring(s):
- """Encode a string into multiple lines of base-64 data.
-
- Argument and return value are bytes.
- """
+def encodebytes(s):
+ """Encode a bytestring into a bytestring containing multiple lines
+ of base-64 data."""
if not isinstance(s, bytes_types):
raise TypeError("expected bytes, not %s" % s.__class__.__name__)
pieces = []
@@ -342,16 +340,26 @@ def encodestring(s):
pieces.append(binascii.b2a_base64(chunk))
return b"".join(pieces)
+def encodestring(s):
+ """Legacy alias of encodebytes()."""
+ import warnings
+ warnings.warn("encodestring() is a deprecated alias, use encodebytes()",
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
+ return encodebytes(s)
-def decodestring(s):
- """Decode a string.
- Argument and return value are bytes.
- """
+def decodebytes(s):
+ """Decode a bytestring of base-64 data into a bytestring."""
if not isinstance(s, bytes_types):
raise TypeError("expected bytes, not %s" % s.__class__.__name__)
return binascii.a2b_base64(s)
+def decodestring(s):
+ """Legacy alias of decodebytes()."""
+ import warnings
+ warnings.warn("decodestring() is a deprecated alias, use decodebytes()",
+ DeprecationWarning, 2)
+ return decodebytes(s)
# Usable as a script...
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_base64.py b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
index e899016..149ac8a 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_base64.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_base64.py
@@ -6,35 +6,35 @@ import binascii
class LegacyBase64TestCase(unittest.TestCase):
- def test_encodestring(self):
+ def test_encodebytes(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
- eq(base64.encodestring(b"www.python.org"), b"d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n")
- eq(base64.encodestring(b"a"), b"YQ==\n")
- eq(base64.encodestring(b"ab"), b"YWI=\n")
- eq(base64.encodestring(b"abc"), b"YWJj\n")
- eq(base64.encodestring(b""), b"")
- eq(base64.encodestring(b"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b"www.python.org"), b"d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n")
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b"a"), b"YQ==\n")
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b"ab"), b"YWI=\n")
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b"abc"), b"YWJj\n")
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b""), b"")
+ eq(base64.encodebytes(b"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
b"0123456789!@#0^&*();:<>,. []{}"),
b"YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
b"RUZHSElKS0xNTk9QUVJTVFVWV1hZWjAxMjM0\nNT"
b"Y3ODkhQCMwXiYqKCk7Ojw+LC4gW117fQ==\n")
- self.assertRaises(TypeError, base64.encodestring, "")
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, base64.encodebytes, "")
- def test_decodestring(self):
+ def test_decodebytes(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
- eq(base64.decodestring(b"d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n"), b"www.python.org")
- eq(base64.decodestring(b"YQ==\n"), b"a")
- eq(base64.decodestring(b"YWI=\n"), b"ab")
- eq(base64.decodestring(b"YWJj\n"), b"abc")
- eq(base64.decodestring(b"YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b"d3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=\n"), b"www.python.org")
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b"YQ==\n"), b"a")
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b"YWI=\n"), b"ab")
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b"YWJj\n"), b"abc")
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b"YWJjZGVmZ2hpamtsbW5vcHFyc3R1dnd4eXpBQkNE"
b"RUZHSElKS0xNTk9QUVJTVFVWV1hZWjAxMjM0\nNT"
b"Y3ODkhQCMwXiYqKCk7Ojw+LC4gW117fQ==\n"),
b"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
b"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
b"0123456789!@#0^&*();:<>,. []{}")
- eq(base64.decodestring(b''), b'')
- self.assertRaises(TypeError, base64.decodestring, "")
+ eq(base64.decodebytes(b''), b'')
+ self.assertRaises(TypeError, base64.decodebytes, "")
def test_encode(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
index 73d53ee..d4e8122 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_xmlrpc.py
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ class BinaryTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
def test_decode(self):
d = b'\x01\x02\x03abc123\xff\xfe'
- de = base64.encodestring(d)
+ de = base64.encodebytes(d)
t1 = xmlrpclib.Binary()
t1.decode(de)
self.assertEqual(str(t1), str(d, "latin-1"))
diff --git a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
index 05a1c8a..c62dbc4 100644
--- a/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
+++ b/Lib/xmlrpc/client.py
@@ -419,11 +419,11 @@ class Binary:
return self.data != other
def decode(self, data):
- self.data = base64.decodestring(data)
+ self.data = base64.decodebytes(data)
def encode(self, out):
out.write("<value><base64>\n")
- encoded = base64.encodestring(self.data)
+ encoded = base64.encodebytes(self.data)
out.write(encoded.decode('ascii'))
out.write('\n')
out.write("</base64></value>\n")
@@ -1100,7 +1100,7 @@ class Transport:
if auth:
import base64
auth = urllib.parse.unquote_to_bytes(auth)
- auth = base64.encodestring(auth).decode("utf-8")
+ auth = base64.encodebytes(auth).decode("utf-8")
auth = "".join(auth.split()) # get rid of whitespace
extra_headers = [
("Authorization", "Basic " + auth)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index e2aac90..27e9c84 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #3613: base64.{encode,decode}string are now called
+ base64.{encode,decode}bytes which reflects what type they accept and return.
+ The old names are still there as deprecated aliases.
+
- Issue #5767: Remove sgmlop support from xmlrpc.client.
- Issue #6150: Fix test_unicode on wide-unicode builds.