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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/binary.n')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/binary.n | 11 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/binary.n b/doc/binary.n index 00b29d4..00919f3 100644 --- a/doc/binary.n +++ b/doc/binary.n @@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ During decoding, the following options are supported: .TP \fB\-strict\fR . -Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters whitespace characters. Otherwise it ignores them. +Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters any characters +that are not strictly part of the encoding itself. Otherwise it ignores them. +RFC 2045 calls for base64 decoders to be non-strict. .RE .TP \fBhex\fR @@ -87,7 +89,8 @@ options are supported: .TP \fB\-strict\fR . -Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters whitespace characters. Otherwise it ignores them. +Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters whitespace characters. +Otherwise it ignores them. .RE .TP \fBuuencode\fR @@ -117,8 +120,8 @@ During decoding, the following options are supported: .TP \fB\-strict\fR . -Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters unexpected whitespace -characters. Otherwise it ignores them. +Instructs the decoder to throw an error if it encounters unexpected +whitespace characters. Otherwise it ignores them. .PP Note that neither the encoder nor the decoder handle the header and footer of the uuencode format. |