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Why not use base-31 and (optionally) more characters? (Or go upper and lower or add a symbol if you had to stay with a fixed-size and base-32 for some reason)
by sokoloff 3y ago
Why not use base-31 and (optionally) more characters? (Or go upper and lower or add a symbol if you had to stay with a fixed-size and base-32 for some reason)
- chipsa 3y agoBecause Base32 is just bit shifting and then converting the 5 bits into a char, and vice versa. Doing Base31 requires base conversion.