Re: base64

Paul Tyson <phtyson@sbcglobal.net> writes:
> On the one hand I can see that this would be a convenient feature in xproc spec, or an implementation extension. On the other hand it is feature creep for something that xproc writers can do themselves.

As a general principle, I agree. But calling out to p:exec isn’t very portable and in this case the processor already has to be able to do base64 encoding and decoding.

I think it’s worth trying to make this easier.

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                                          norm

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Received on Thursday, 23 January 2025 14:54:59 UTC