[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #59341] [octave forge] (strings) `toascii` should be replaced by `double` in `base64encode` and `base64decode`

[Markus Mützel]

URL:
  <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?59341>

                 Summary: [octave forge] (strings) `toascii` should be
replaced by `double` in `base64encode` and `base64decode`
                 Project: GNU Octave
            Submitted by: mmuetzel
            Submitted on: Sat 24 Oct 2020 10:20:16 PM CEST
                Category: Octave Forge Package
                Severity: 3 - Normal
                Priority: 5 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
             Assigned to: None
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             Open/Closed: Open
                 Release: other
         Discussion Lock: Any
        Operating System: Any

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Details:

Calling `base64encode` or `base64decode` from strings 1.2.0 in Octave 6.0.92
fails with the following errors:

>> pkg load strings
>> base64encode ('Hakuna Matata', true)
error: 'toascii' undefined near line 49, column 49
error: called from
    base64encode at line 49 column 7
>> base64decode('SGFrdW5hIE1hdGF0YQ==')
warning: implicit conversion from numeric to char
warning: called from
    base64decode at line 52 column 10

error: 'toascii' undefined near line 63, column 63
error: called from
    base64decode at line 63 column 5


To avoid these errors, `toascii` should be replaced by `double` in these
functions.

CC'ing Oliver Heimlich as the package maintainer.




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