Python 3.4+base64function

base64.b85encode()

Ascii85 and Base85

Encodes bytes as Base85 with the alphabet used in git patches. The alphabet differs from Ascii85, though the density is the same.

Syntax

base64.b85encode(b, pad=False)

b85 and a85 are incompatible: the same bytes give different strings (b'hello' → b'Xk~0{Zv' versus b'BOu!rDZ'), and one cannot be read with the other. pad=True pads the input with zeros to a multiple of 4, and decoding returns those zeros as part of the data, so the original length has to be stored separately.

Examples

import base64
print(base64.b85encode(b'hello'), base64.a85encode(b'hello'))  # → b'Xk~0{Zv' b'BOu!rDZ'
print(base64.b85decode(base64.b85encode(b'hi', pad=True)))  # → b'hi\x00\x00' — нули остались

base64.b85encode()

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