base64_cipher.py does not yet support Unicode

[fbigun]

Python/ciphers/base64_cipher.py

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def encodeBase64(text):

root@localhost$ python3
Python 3.6.8 (default, Jan 14 2019, 11:02:34) 
[GCC 8.0.1 20180414 (experimental) [trunk revision 259383]] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> s="woshi谁"
>>> s
'woshi谁'
>>> encodeBase64(s)
'd29zaPUBA==='

[poyea]

I'm guessing these functions do not work for Chinese characters.

[cclauss]

@fbigun Can you please edit the title of this issue to base64_cipher.py does not yet support Unicode so that we have a feature request? Python 2 support is no longer required.

[fbigun]

@cclauss
The title has been changed

[laurent-pck]

I made the PR #1316 for this. I hope that using bytes() and str() is ok for you.

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Stale issue message

[cclauss]

Closed in #1316