if two lines is cumbersome, you're in for a cumbersome life a programmer. On Apr 22, 2013 7:31 AM, "Ram Rachum" <r...@rachum.com> wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > Take a look at this question: > > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16122435/python-3-how-do-i-use-bytes-to-bytes-and-string-to-string-encodings/16122472?noredirect=1#comment23034787_16122472 > > Is there really no way to use base64 that's as short as: > > b'whatever'.encode('base64') > > Because doing this: > > import codecs > codecs.decode(b"whatever", "base64_codec") > > Or this: > > import base64 > encoded = base64.b64encode(b'whatever') > > Is cumbersome! > > Why can't I do something like b'whatever'.encode('base64')? Or maybe using > a different method than `encode`? > > > Thanks, > Ram. > > _______________________________________________ > Python-Dev mailing list > Python-Dev@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev > Unsubscribe: > http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/ironfroggy%40gmail.com > >
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