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base64

package module

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v0

v0.1.0

Oct 7, 2026

Changes in this version

+ var RawStdEncoding = &Encoding

+ var RawURLEncoding = &Encoding

+ var StdEncoding = &Encoding

+ var URLEncoding = &Encoding

+ func Compact(dst, src []byte) int

+ func CompactString(dst []byte, src string) int

+ func Decode(dst, src []byte) (int, error)

+ func DecodeString(s string) ([]byte, error)

+ func DecodedLen(n int) int

+ func Encode(dst, src []byte)

+ func EncodeToString(src []byte) string

+ func EncodedLen(n int) int

+ type Encoding struct

+ func (enc *Encoding) Decode(dst, src []byte) (int, error)

+ func (enc *Encoding) DecodeString(s string) ([]byte, error)

+ func (enc *Encoding) DecodedLen(n int) int

+ func (enc *Encoding) Encode(dst, src []byte)

+ func (enc *Encoding) EncodeToString(src []byte) string

+ func (enc *Encoding) EncodedLen(n int) int