Re: base64 decoding more tolerant to chars

[Bruno Haible]

Jim Meyering wrote:
> >  Could also be done, but since the code to remove newlines was there, I
> > thought it is simpler to augment it to remove common garbage.
> 
> I am reluctant to make this low-level decoding function ignore anything
> else.

I agree. If you remove the garbage unconditionally, you have lost the
functionality of doing strict checking of the input. If you add a 'bool'
parameter that determines whether the remove it, you have added complexity
in the interface (.h file) for nearly nothing.

Keep separate tasks in separate code.

Bruno