On 14/06/2016 16:51, Paul Moore wrote:
On 14 June 2016 at 16:19, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote:
Why does base64 encoding in Python return bytes?
I seem to recall there was a debate about this around the time of the
Python 3 move. (IIRC, it was related to the fact that there used to be
a base64 "codec", that wasn't available in Python 3 because it wasn't
clear whether it converted bytes to text or bytes). I don't remember
any of the details, let alone if a conclusion was reached, but a
search of the archives may find something.
Paul
As I've the time to play detective I'd suggest
https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-3000/2007-July/008975.html
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