Use the modules base64, quopri, and uu, instead of external programs
to decode/encode the standard transfer encodings.
diff --git a/Lib/mimetools.py b/Lib/mimetools.py
index eadc11a..cda1f37 100644
--- a/Lib/mimetools.py
+++ b/Lib/mimetools.py
@@ -131,9 +131,16 @@
# Subroutines for decoding some common content-transfer-types
-# XXX This requires that uudecode and mmencode are in $PATH
-
def decode(input, output, encoding):
+ if encoding == 'base64':
+ import base64
+ return base64.decode(input, output)
+ if encoding == 'quoted-printable':
+ import quopri
+ return quopri.decode(input, output)
+ if encoding in ('uuencode', 'x-uuencode'):
+ import uu
+ return uu.decode(input, output)
if decodetab.has_key(encoding):
pipethrough(input, decodetab[encoding], output)
else:
@@ -141,12 +148,25 @@
'unknown Content-Transfer-Encoding: %s' % encoding
def encode(input, output, encoding):
+ if encoding == 'base64':
+ import base64
+ return base64.encode(input, output)
+ if encoding == 'quoted-printable':
+ import quopri
+ return quopri.encode(input, output, 0)
+ if encoding in ('uuencode', 'x-uuencode'):
+ import uu
+ return uu.encode(input, output)
if encodetab.has_key(encoding):
pipethrough(input, encodetab[encoding], output)
else:
raise ValueError, \
'unknown Content-Transfer-Encoding: %s' % encoding
+# The following is no longer used for standard encodings
+
+# XXX This requires that uudecode and mmencode are in $PATH
+
uudecode_pipe = '''(
TEMP=/tmp/@uu.$$
sed "s%^begin [0-7][0-7]* .*%begin 600 $TEMP%" | uudecode