Exactly, it doesn't matter what character the already available methods/implementation output as long as they don't output more than 101 different characters. If they output one we can't use we just replace it with one we can use.
cheers Tobias On Nov 9, 2007 7:45 PM, Michal 'vorner' Vaner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 10:01:39AM -0700, Joe Hildebrand wrote: > > > > > On Nov 9, 2007, at 8:47 AM, Tobias Markmann wrote: > > > >> There are already several binary-to-text encodings which perform a bit > >> better than Base64, two of them are: > >> > >> 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII85 invented by Adobe > >> 2. http://base91.sourceforge.net/ > > > > Both of those seem to allow < and &, which make them less than ideal for > > embedding in XML. > > Why not replace these 2 with something else? > > -- > If you are over 80 years old and accompanied by your parents, we will > cash your check. > > Michal 'vorner' Vaner >
