Issue #17839: mention base64 change in What's New

diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
index a04aee8a8b640ed0836babfc72c5f9e6175de536..197702a6e955f9a82bbffafab6dcf0fcf3d881b0 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst
@@ -327,6 +327,14 @@ audioop
 Added support for 24-bit samples (:issue:`12866`).
 
 
+base64
+------
+
+The encoding and decoding functions in :mod:`base64` now accept any
+:term:`bytes-like object` in cases where it previously required a
+:class:`bytes` or :class:`bytearray` instance (:issue`17839`)
+
+
 colorsys
 --------