[tor-bugs] #19531 [Core Tor/Tor]: Major cleanup in our baseXX APIs

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#19531: Major cleanup in our baseXX APIs
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 Reporter:  dgoulet                          |          Owner:
     Type:  enhancement                      |         Status:  new
 Priority:  Medium                           |      Milestone:  Tor:
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Component:  Core Tor/Tor                     |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                           |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  util, tor-03-unspecified-201612  |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                                   |         Points:  1
 Reviewer:                                   |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by catalyst):

 Further complication: in our baseXX APIs, base64 is optionally padded, but
 base32 never is (even though the RFC4648 default is to pad).

 Also, should we reject encodings whose padding bits are non-zero?

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