> If implementing a mime packer is really the only use case > for base64, then it might as well be removed from the > standard library, since 99.99999% of all programmers will > never touch it. Those that do will need to have boned up
I use it quite a bit for image processing (converting to and from the "data:" URL form), and various checksum applications (converting SHA into a string). Bill _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
