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+# $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.