Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71

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Martin Panter 2015-12-14 02:54:40 +00:00
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@ -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.