New submission from STINNER Victor <vstin...@python.org>:
base64.encodestring() and base64.decodestring() are aliases deprecated since
Python 3.1: encodebytes() and decodebytes() should be used instead.
In Python 3, "string" means Unicode, whereas these functions really work at the
bytes level:
>>> base64.encodestring("text")
TypeError: expected bytes-like object, not str
>>> base64.decodestring("text")
TypeError: expected bytes-like object, not str
encodebytes() and decodebytes() names are explicit on the expected types (bytes
or bytes-like).
This issue is similar to bpo-38916: "Remove array.fromstring() and
array.tostring() aliases, deprecated since Python 3.2".
Attached PR removes the deprecated aliases base64.encodestring() and
base64.decodestring().
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components: Library (Lib)
messages: 360096
nosy: vstinner
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Remove base64.encodestring() and base64.decodestring() aliases,
deprecated since Python 3.1
versions: Python 3.9
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