From: Martin Panter Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 02:54:40 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71 X-Git-Tag: v2.7.12rc1~335 X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=edd6a817d1794c9e26d3d215ac8f90048fb2a6df;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git Issue #20837: Base-64 alphabet clarification from revision 1853679c6f71 --- diff --git a/Doc/library/base64.rst b/Doc/library/base64.rst index c9ce28b85bea..2a9840bee1d3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/base64.rst +++ b/Doc/library/base64.rst @@ -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.