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NAME

6       MIME::Decoder::Base64 - encode/decode a "base64" stream
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SYNOPSIS

9       A generic decoder object; see MIME::Decoder for usage.
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DESCRIPTION

12       A MIME::Decoder subclass for the "base64" encoding.  The name was cho‐
13       sen to jibe with the pre-existing MIME::Base64 utility package, which
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16       ·   When decoding, the input is read one line at a time.  The input
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18           ple-of-4-sized chunks (plus a possible "leftover" input chunk, of
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21       ·   When encoding, the input is read 45 bytes at a time: this ensures
22           that the output lines are not too long.   We chose 45 since it is a
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AUTHOR

27       Eryq (eryq@zeegee.com), ZeeGee Software Inc (http://www.zeegee.com).
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29       All rights reserved.  This program is free software; you can redis‐
30       tribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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VERSION

33       $Revision: 1.10 $ $Date: 2006/03/17 21:03:23 $
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