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Re: Add support for base64url variant
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: Add support for base64url variant |
Date: |
Wed, 12 Jun 2019 02:50:39 -0400 |
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>>> Would it be any interest if I try to add others bases encoding as
>>> defined in RFC 4648 ? I think, first, to BASE32 and maybe on BASE16
>>> later.
>> I have never needed those. Let's hear what others have to say.
Same here.
> Base32url is useful for use on case-insensitive filesystems or
> with case-insensitive protocols.
That's what it's designed for, yes, but I can't think of any example
where that's useful. E.g. for case-insensitive filenames, using a hash
instead of a base32 encoding was a better option in all the cases I've
encountered because I only needed "one-way" and it conveniently bounds
the max file name length.
Stefan