#1466065: add validate option to base64.b64decode
Patch by Neil Tallim. This provides a mechanism for module
users to achieve RFC 3548 compliance in the cases where ignoring
non-base64-alphabet input characters is *not* mandated by the RFC that
references RFC 3548.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index a887faf..2ff7247 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
Library
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+- Issue #1466065: Add 'validate' option to base64.b64decode to raise
+ an error if there are non-base64 alphabet characters in the input.
+
- Issue #10386: Add __all__ to token module; this simplifies importing
in tokenize module and prevents leaking of private names through
import *.