Re: base64-encode-string confusion

[Stefan Monnier]

> So here I guess multibyte != non-ascii ? The actual problem I am
> facing is base64-encode-string doesn't support non-ascii characters,

base64 is a way to encode a *byte sequence* in a way that is "email
safe".  I.e. it does not accept any characters: only bytes.
If you want to encode a char sequence using base64, you first need to
convert your char sequence into a byte sequence, using
encode-coding-string.


        Stefan