documentation on read.encode

[Larry Martell]

On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 3:17 PM, Ned Batchelder <ned at nedbatchelder.com> wrote:
> On 1/16/18 2:19 PM, Larry Martell wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jan 16, 2018 at 12:00 PM, Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Looking for 2.7 docs on read.encode - googling did not turn up anything.
>>>
>>> Specifically, looking for the supported options for base64, and how to
>>> specify them, e.g. Base64.NO_WRAP
>>
>> So I just realized that encode() is not a method of read() it's a
>> string method. But I still have the same question - can I pass in any
>> flags?
>>
>> My issue is that I am base64 encoding PNG images on linux and it's
>> putting a LF at the end of each line. If I do the same on Windows it's
>> putting CR/LF. I want the files to be encoded with no platform
>> dependences. Googling I found mention of Base64.NO_WRAP and I want to
>> pass that into encode() - can I do that?
>
>
> Base64.NO_WRAP seems to be a Java thing.

Yeah I saw it mentioned in a SO post that was java related. Wondering
if there is some way to do the same in python.