What is the idiom (golf) to pack 7-bit-ASCII to 8-bit-code?
I have a 7-bit ascii string that needs to be encrypted and then base32-encoded.
To save space I first want to pack the 7-bit ASCII into 8-bit-values with
endpadding and then encrypt it (rc4) and finally base32-encode it.
And backwards of course.
That should save some space from just encrypt it and base16(hex)-encode it,
shouldn't it?
I've seen a few base64-encoders that pack with pack("u") and then converts
the uuencoded string to base64. Seems a little bit clumsy.
I have no linebreaks whatsoever to care about.
And I need to base32-encode as case may be trashed.
I'm not looking for free code from you, but a discussion.
/magnus
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