Re: baseN: new program suggestion (various 'base' encoding)

[Pádraig Brady]

On 21/12/18 14:41, Assaf Gordon wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> On 2018-11-23 2:26 p.m., Pádraig Brady wrote:
>> On 22/11/18 15:26, Assaf Gordon wrote:
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I recently needed some less common binary encoding,
>>> and decided to try and implement it based on base64.c .
>>>
> 
>> A single program is definitely the way to go if we're considering adding 
>> more encodings.
>>
> [...]
>> I'd probably change to source file from base64.c to basenc.c
> [...]
>> Given the complexity this adds and the disparity
>> to the proposed alternatives, it seems useful enough to add.
> 
> Thanks for the comments and suggestions.
> 
> Attached improved patches.
> The first renames base64.c to basenc.c.
> The second implements basenc.
> 
> Major changes:
> 1. Program is now called "basenc".
> (I initially wanted to call it "basex", but sadly that name is already
> used in debian).
> 
> 2. Removed "base85" encoding (aka "ascii85") - there's already an
> existing utility with similar interface to base64, which is readily
> available: https://packages.debian.org/stretch/ruby-ascii85 .
> Also, the encoding is variable length, which does not neatly fit in the 
> current base64 implementation.
> 
> 3. Added base2lsbf/msbf (least or most significant bit first) encoding.
> 
> 4. Added test suite with high coverage.
> 
> 5. Added man page and texinfo documentation with few examples.
> 
> Comments welcomed,
>   - assaf

Great stuff.
Attached is some minor tweaks to pass `make syntax-check`,
after which this is ready to push.

thanks!
Pádraig

basenc-syntax-check.diff
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