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lib::MIME::Decoder::Base64
Section: User Contributed Perl Documentation (3)
Updated: perl 5.004, patch 04
Index NAME
MIME::Decoder::Base64 - encode/decode a ``base64'' stream
SYNOPSIS
A generic decoder object; see the
MIME::Decoder manpage for usage.
DESCRIPTION
A the
MIME::Decoder manpage subclass for the
"base64" encoding.The name was chosen to jibe with the pre-existing MIME::Base64utility package, which this class actually uses to translate each chunk.
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- When decoding, the input is read one line at a time.The input accumulates in an internal buffer, which is decoded inmultiple-of-4-sized chunks (plus a possible ``leftover'' input chunk,of course).
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- When encoding, the input is read 45 bytes at a time: this ensuresthat the output lines are not too long. We chose 45 since it isa multiple of 3 and produces lines under 76 characters, as RFC-1521 specifies.
AUTHOR
Copyright (c) 1996 by Eryq / eryqAATTzeegee.com
All rights reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
VERSION
$Revision: 4.104 $
$Date: 1998/01/10 04:24:44 $
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