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Author	vstinner
Recipients	barry, beazley, brotchie, vstinner
Date	2009-01-02.01:21:57
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Message-id	<[email protected]>
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> I think the library function base64.b64encode() should return > a string, not bytes. Yes, in the email module, the payload is an unicode string, not a bytes string. We have to be able to concatenate headers (eg. "Content-Type: image/fish\nMIME-Version: 1.0\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n") and encoded data (eg. "R0lGO"). Attached patch implements this fix: encode_base64() returns str (and not bytes). The patchs fixes the unit tests and adds a new regression test for MIMEImage.as_string().

> I think the library function base64.b64encode() should return 
> a string, not bytes.

Yes, in the email module, the payload is an unicode string, not a 
bytes string. We have to be able to concatenate headers 
(eg. "Content-Type: image/fish\nMIME-Version: 
1.0\nContent-Transfer-Encoding: base64\n") and encoded data 
(eg. "R0lGO").

Attached patch implements this fix: encode_base64() returns str (and 
not bytes). The patchs fixes the unit tests and adds a new regression 
test for MIMEImage.as_string().

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2009-01-02 01:22:00	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, barry, beazley, brotchie
2009-01-02 01:22:00	vstinner	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
2009-01-02 01:21:59	vstinner	link	issue4768 messages
2009-01-02 01:21:57	vstinner	create