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diff --git a/docs/library/ubinascii.rst b/docs/library/ubinascii.rst index 4931f90482..192d34514b 100644 --- a/docs/library/ubinascii.rst +++ b/docs/library/ubinascii.rst @@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ .. module:: ubinascii :synopsis: binary/ASCII conversions +|see_cpython_module| :mod:`python:binascii`. + This module implements conversions between binary data and various encodings of it in ASCII form (in both directions). @@ -17,7 +19,7 @@ Functions .. admonition:: Difference to CPython :class: attention - If additional argument, `sep` is supplied, it is used as a separator + If additional argument, *sep* is supplied, it is used as a separator between hexadecimal values. .. function:: unhexlify(data) @@ -27,8 +29,12 @@ Functions .. function:: a2b_base64(data) - Convert Base64-encoded data to binary representation. Returns bytes string. + Decode base64-encoded data, ignoring invalid characters in the input. + Conforms to `RFC 2045 s.6.8 <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2045#section-6.8>`_. + Returns a bytes object. .. function:: b2a_base64(data) - Encode binary data in Base64 format. Returns string. + Encode binary data in base64 format, as in `RFC 3548 + <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3548.html>`_. Returns the encoded data + followed by a newline character, as a bytes object. |