[issue1466065] base64 module ignores non-alphabet characters

[R. David Murray]

R. David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com> added the comment:

Hmm.  But if the module is used outside of MIME (which it can be, and in
fact is in the stdlib itself), then an error must be raised in order to
comply with that RFC.  So it sounds like we really ought to have that
flag.  And I was even wrong about the appropriate default.

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