BTW, for the record, we should deprecate Base64MimeConverter, and remove/change the following convenience methods: Remove String>>#base64Encoded. Change ByteArray>>#base64Encoded "Encode the receiver using Base64, see ZnBase64Encoder" ^ ZnBase64Encoder new encode: self String>>#base64Decoded "Decode the receiver using Base64, see ZnBase64Encoder" ^ ZnBase64Encoder new decode: self The thing is, Base64 is defined as going from bytes -> characters and vice versa. Not as going from characters -> characters. For that you need to use an explicit character encoder as in ZnUtils class>>#decodeBase64: and ZnUtils>>#encodeBase64: So yes, this would be a breaking change, but an easy one to follow since Base64 is really very simple as a concept.
On 15 Mar 2018, at 12:47, Sven Van Caekenberghe <sven@stfx.eu> wrote:
On 15 Mar 2018, at 12:28, Alistair Grant <akgrant0710@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Guille & Pavel,
On 6 Feb Guille changed Base64MimeConverter class>>mimeDecodeToBytes: so that it doesn't reset the dataStream position back to the start of the stream. This breaks Pavel's PlayingCard, part of FreeCell (you can see that I only load important stuff :-)).
PlayingCard class>>initialize "PlayingCard initialize" | forms f | "Read the stored forms from mime-encoded data in imageData." f := Base64MimeConverter mimeDecodeToBytes: (ReadStream on: self imageData). forms := OrderedCollection new. f next = 2 ifFalse: [self error: 'corrupted imageData']. [f atEnd] whileFalse: [forms add: (Form new readFrom: f)]. ...
Previously, f would be at the start of the stream (which makes sense given this usage), but now it is at the end of the stream, so returns nil and "f next = 2" fails.
Guille, can you explain the change. The commit log just says "make tests run".
Note that a lot of users of this won't fail as they just call #contents of the stream after #mimeDecodeToBytes:, which works regardless of the current position.
So doing
f reset
at the caller site would fix it then ?
Note that there is the newer ZnBase64Encoder that can be used as follows:
f := (ZnBase64Encoder new decode: self imageData) readStream.
Sven