documentation on read.encode

[Ned Batchelder]

On 1/16/18 2:19 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Looking for 2.7 docs on read.encode - googling did not turn up anything.
>>
>> Specifically, looking for the supported options for base64, and how to
>> specify them, e.g. Base64.NO_WRAP
> So I just realized that encode() is not a method of read() it's a
> string method. But I still have the same question - can I pass in any
> flags?
>
> My issue is that I am base64 encoding PNG images on linux and it's
> putting a LF at the end of each line. If I do the same on Windows it's
> putting CR/LF. I want the files to be encoded with no platform
> dependences. Googling I found mention of Base64.NO_WRAP and I want to
> pass that into encode() - can I do that?

Base64.NO_WRAP seems to be a Java thing.

--Ned.