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.

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nosy: +r.david.murray
stage:  -> needs patch
type:  -> behavior
versions: +Python 2.7, Python 3.7, Python 3.8

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