On 3 ago, 00:31, Tim Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Whether it creates problems depends on how you intend to use it. The > biggest use for Base64, for instance, is in translating binary files to a > form where they can be send via email using only printable characters. If > you use a non-printable character, that's a problem for email. There would be that make tests, it's possible that there isn't problem for any non-printable chars. > > With Base64, 3 bytes becomes 4. With Base96, 5 bytes becomes 6. So, you > would reduce the conversion penalty from 1.33 down to 1.17.
> It's not hard to write modules to translate from binary to Base96 and back > again, and doing so would be a great exercise to explore the issues in this > kind of encoding. Yes, it's easy in python, but the ideal would be make the arithmetic in C as it's implemented for base 64. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
