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gh-146431: Add the wrapcol and ignorechars parameters for more Base XX codec#146434
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…Base XX codec Add the wrapcol parameter to base64 functions b16encode(), b32encode(), b32hexencode(), b85encode() and z85encode(), and binascii functions b2a_base32() and b2a_base85(). Add the ignorechars parameter to base64 functions b16decode(), b32decode(), b32hexdecode(), b85decode() and z85decode(), and binascii functions a2b_hex(), unhexlify(), a2b_base32() and a2b_base85().
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food for thought: could wrapcol be limited to "even" columns of one decodable chunk? (at least for base16/32/64) - It makes little sense to wrap on unusual boundaries.
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It is always initialized before use.
Co-authored-by: Gregory P. Smith <68491+gpshead@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka@gmail.com>
| if check_impl_detail(): | ||
| eq(base64.b64encode(b, wrapcol=sys.maxsize*2), | ||
| b'd3d3LnB5dGhvbi5vcmc=') | ||
| if func is not base64.b16encode: |
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#147944 will allow to remove some of these special cases.
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…Base XX codec (pythonGH-146434) Add the wrapcol parameter to base64 functions b16encode(), b32encode(), b32hexencode(), b85encode() and z85encode(), and binascii functions b2a_base32() and b2a_base85(). Add the ignorechars parameter to base64 functions b16decode(), b32decode(), b32hexdecode(), b85decode() and z85decode(), and binascii functions a2b_hex(), unhexlify(), a2b_base32() and a2b_base85().
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…Base XX codec (pythonGH-146434) Add the wrapcol parameter to base64 functions b16encode(), b32encode(), b32hexencode(), b85encode() and z85encode(), and binascii functions b2a_base32() and b2a_base85(). Add the ignorechars parameter to base64 functions b16decode(), b32decode(), b32hexdecode(), b85decode() and z85decode(), and binascii functions a2b_hex(), unhexlify(), a2b_base32() and a2b_base85().
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Add the wrapcol parameter to base64 functions b16encode(), b32encode(), b32hexencode(), b85encode() and z85encode(), and binascii functions b2a_base32() and b2a_base85().
Add the ignorechars parameter to base64 functions b16decode(), b32decode(), b32hexdecode(), b85decode() and z85decode(), and binascii functions a2b_hex(), unhexlify(), a2b_base32() and a2b_base85().
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