[issue27846] Base64 expansion factor is 4 to 3, not 6 to 4

[Jens Jørgen Mortensen]

New submission from Jens Jørgen Mortensen:

The documentation has a note saying: "Base64 has an expansion factor of 6 to 4".  I believe it should be 4 to 3.

https://docs.python.org/dev/library/base64.html

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assignee: docs at python
components: Documentation
messages: 273543
nosy: Jens.Jørgen.Mortensen, docs at python
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Base64 expansion factor is 4 to 3, not 6 to 4
type: enhancement
versions: Python 3.6

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