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It’s not about efficiency. It’s about interoperability. There are a gazillion minor variants of Base64. Being explicit about which one you’re using is entirely
by stouset 3y ago
It’s not about efficiency. It’s about interoperability. There are a gazillion minor variants of Base64. Being explicit about which one you’re using is entirely sensible.
- foldr 3y agoYes, but you can achieve that just by having a normal function that takes some configuration parameters. The documentation of the library suggests that efficiency was a significant concern, and I assume that’s why the implementation is not as straightforward as it otherwise might be.