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[3.14] gh-77328: Update base64 module RFC references to RFC 4648 (GH-151275) #151439

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6 changes: 3 additions & 3 deletions Lib/base64.py
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"""Base16, Base32, Base64 (RFC 3548), Base85 and Ascii85 data encodings"""
"""Base16, Base32, Base64 (RFC 4648), Base85 and Ascii85 data encodings"""

# Modified 04-Oct-1995 by Jack Jansen to use binascii module
# Modified 30-Dec-2003 by Barry Warsaw to add full RFC 3548 support
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characters present in the input.
'''
_B32_DECODE_MAP01_DOCSTRING = '''
RFC 3548 allows for optional mapping of the digit 0 (zero) to the
RFC 4648 allows for optional mapping of the digit 0 (zero) to the
letter O (oh), and for optional mapping of the digit 1 (one) to
either the letter I (eye) or letter L (el). The optional argument
map01 when not None, specifies which letter the digit 1 should be
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extra_args='')


# RFC 3548, Base 16 Alphabet specifies uppercase, but hexlify() returns
# RFC 4648, Base 16 Alphabet specifies uppercase, but hexlify() returns
# lowercase. The RFC also recommends against accepting input case
# insensitively.
def b16encode(s):
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