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[3.12] Clarify base64.a85encode docs: *wrapcols* doesn't count the newline (GH-119409) #119482

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[3.12] Clarify base64.a85encode docs: *wrapcols* doesn't count the newline (GH-119409) #119482

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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Doc/library/base64.rst
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Expand Up @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ The modern interface provides:

*wrapcol* controls whether the output should have newline (``b'\n'``)
characters added to it. If this is non-zero, each output line will be
at most this many characters long.
at most this many characters long, excluding the trailing newline.

*pad* controls whether the input is padded to a multiple of 4
before encoding. Note that the ``btoa`` implementation always pads.
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Lib/base64.py
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Expand Up @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ def a85encode(b, *, foldspaces=False, wrapcol=0, pad=False, adobe=False):

wrapcol controls whether the output should have newline (b'\\n') characters
added to it. If this is non-zero, each output line will be at most this
many characters long.
many characters long, excluding the trailing newline.

pad controls whether the input is padded to a multiple of 4 before
encoding. Note that the btoa implementation always pads.
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