# $EPIC: b64encode.txt,v 1.3 2012/07/04 06:30:23 jnelson Exp $
======Synopsis:======
$[[b64encode]](//<stuff>//)

======Returns:======
Returns the RFC1421 transformation of //<stuff>//, commonly known as Base64.
Base64 converts three bytes of input into four Base64 digits.  By definition
Base64 digits are safe to send over text-only transmissions.

Alas, //<stuff>// cannot be binary data, because ircII function calls don't
support non-C-strings.

The reverse transformation is [[b64decode]].

Don't confuse this encoding with the one used by FiSH (popularized by eggdrop 
and other irc clients for encrypted messages).  FiSH uses l64a encoding, and 
can be decoded using the [[xform]] FISH64 transform.

======Returns:======
The string //<stuff>// converted into a sequence of Base64 digits.