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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/binascii.rst | 47 | ||||
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/netdata.rst | 1 |
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diff --git a/Doc/library/binascii.rst b/Doc/library/binascii.rst index fd5df69..62d7efe 100644 --- a/Doc/library/binascii.rst +++ b/Doc/library/binascii.rst @@ -8,14 +8,13 @@ .. index:: module: uu module: base64 - module: binhex -------------- The :mod:`binascii` module contains a number of methods to convert between binary and various ASCII-encoded binary representations. Normally, you will not -use these functions directly but use wrapper modules like :mod:`uu`, -:mod:`base64`, or :mod:`binhex` instead. The :mod:`binascii` module contains +use these functions directly but use wrapper modules like :mod:`uu` or +:mod:`base64` instead. The :mod:`binascii` module contains low-level functions written in C for greater speed that are used by the higher-level modules. @@ -98,45 +97,6 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: stream. -.. function:: a2b_hqx(string) - - Convert binhex4 formatted ASCII data to binary, without doing RLE-decompression. - The string should contain a complete number of binary bytes, or (in case of the - last portion of the binhex4 data) have the remaining bits zero. - - .. deprecated:: 3.9 - - -.. function:: rledecode_hqx(data) - - Perform RLE-decompression on the data, as per the binhex4 standard. The - algorithm uses ``0x90`` after a byte as a repeat indicator, followed by a count. - A count of ``0`` specifies a byte value of ``0x90``. The routine returns the - decompressed data, unless data input data ends in an orphaned repeat indicator, - in which case the :exc:`Incomplete` exception is raised. - - .. versionchanged:: 3.2 - Accept only bytestring or bytearray objects as input. - - .. deprecated:: 3.9 - - -.. function:: rlecode_hqx(data) - - Perform binhex4 style RLE-compression on *data* and return the result. - - .. deprecated:: 3.9 - - -.. function:: b2a_hqx(data) - - Perform hexbin4 binary-to-ASCII translation and return the resulting string. The - argument should already be RLE-coded, and have a length divisible by 3 (except - possibly the last fragment). - - .. deprecated:: 3.9 - - .. function:: crc_hqx(data, value) Compute a 16-bit CRC value of *data*, starting with *value* as the @@ -222,9 +182,6 @@ The :mod:`binascii` module defines the following functions: 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. - Module :mod:`uu` Support for UU encoding used on Unix. diff --git a/Doc/library/binhex.rst b/Doc/library/binhex.rst deleted file mode 100644 index 7de6a66..0000000 --- a/Doc/library/binhex.rst +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -:mod:`binhex` --- Encode and decode binhex4 files -================================================= - -.. module:: binhex - :synopsis: Encode and decode files in binhex4 format. - -**Source code:** :source:`Lib/binhex.py` - -.. deprecated:: 3.9 - --------------- - -This module encodes and decodes files in binhex4 format, a format allowing -representation of Macintosh files in ASCII. Only the data fork is handled. - -The :mod:`binhex` module defines the following functions: - - -.. function:: binhex(input, output) - - Convert a binary file with filename *input* to binhex file *output*. The - *output* parameter can either be a filename or a file-like object (any object - supporting a :meth:`write` and :meth:`close` method). - - -.. function:: hexbin(input, output) - - Decode a binhex file *input*. *input* may be a filename or a file-like object - supporting :meth:`read` and :meth:`close` methods. The resulting file is written - to a file named *output*, unless the argument is ``None`` in which case the - output filename is read from the binhex file. - -The following exception is also defined: - - -.. exception:: Error - - Exception raised when something can't be encoded using the binhex format (for - example, a filename is too long to fit in the filename field), or when input is - not properly encoded binhex data. - - -.. seealso:: - - Module :mod:`binascii` - Support module containing ASCII-to-binary and binary-to-ASCII conversions. - - -.. _binhex-notes: - -Notes ------ - -There is an alternative, more powerful interface to the coder and decoder, see -the source for details. - -If you code or decode textfiles on non-Macintosh platforms they will still use -the old Macintosh newline convention (carriage-return as end of line). - diff --git a/Doc/library/netdata.rst b/Doc/library/netdata.rst index e76280f..16f43a6 100644 --- a/Doc/library/netdata.rst +++ b/Doc/library/netdata.rst @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ on the internet. mailbox.rst mimetypes.rst base64.rst - binhex.rst binascii.rst quopri.rst uu.rst |