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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. |