[issue30493] Increase coverage of base64

Change by Zackery Spytz : -- keywords: +patch nosy: +ZackerySpytz nosy_count: 2.0 -> 3.0 pull_requests: +21029 stage: -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/21913 ___ Python tracker

[issue30493] Increase coverage of base64

Lee Cannon added the comment: Suggested changes have been applied to the PR. -- ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue30493] Increase coverage of base64

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: Please don't change the code of base64. It is correct. 1. Python is a dynamically-typed language. Arbitrary exceptions can be raised in unexpected places. For example TypeError can be raised if `b[i:i + 5]` return non-iterable object. 2. `read(n)` of

[issue30493] Increase coverage of base64

Changes by Lee Cannon : -- pull_requests: +1921 ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue30493] Increase coverage of base64

New submission from Lee Cannon: Added tests to ensure a85decode correctly handles the 'y' character within the byte like object when foldspaces is true. While attempting to increase coverage I found two lines of code within base64.py that appear to never execute: - line 472 - line 501