Re: [Help-smalltalk] Re: base64 en/decoding helper

[Joachim Jaeckel]

> Some quick reflex actions on the above part:
>
> If the string size does not change, put it into a temporary variable.
>
> j already shows if you got three characters, no need to ask tripple
> (triplet?) for it's size.

Yes, that's right!

> iterate over "aString , '\0\0\0'", you'll get your padding at the end
> for free without extra checks

Sorry, but I didn't get that... do you mean to initialize 'tripple' with 
'\0\0\0'?

> You're repeatedly grabbing triplets from the string and are looking
> every time if you really got three characters, right?

Yes, because the last one could end with less...

But I see some potential for improvement...

Thanks! :-)