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diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst index 0f8a3de..5eb7c4b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst +++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst @@ -45,8 +45,10 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: .. function:: b2a_base64(data) Convert binary data to a line of ASCII characters in base64 coding. The return - value is the converted line, including a newline char. The length of *data* - should be at most 57 to adhere to the base64 standard. + value is the converted line, including a newline char. The newline is + added because the original use case for this function was to feed it a + series of 57 byte input lines to get output lines that conform to the + MIME-base64 standard. Otherwise the output conforms to :rfc:`3548`. .. function:: a2b_qp(string[, header]) @@ -165,7 +167,7 @@ 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, and 64. Module :mod:`binhex` Support for the binhex format used on the Macintosh. |