R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment:
I always assumed that any string composed of valid base64 characters could be decoded to *something* if you added some padding characters, but apparently that was an invalid assumption. I agree that the message is incorrect for this case. ---------- nosy: +r.david.murray stage: -> needs patch type: -> behavior versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.7, Python 3.8 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33770> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com