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[Request] Add an error message for cases where the input does not match the decoding charset #7

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xplshn opened this issue May 7, 2024 · 7 comments

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xplshn commented May 7, 2024

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xplshn commented May 7, 2024

Why is it so unreliable? Are there any limits to how many characters one can use? If so, why is there no graceful error?

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That is so strange. I will investigate

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xplshn commented May 8, 2024

Thanks, I really want to use Aces as an alternative to github.com/xplshn/m_ascii85, since it seems much more powerful, and I'd be able to use it like a base122 encoder

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xplshn commented May 8, 2024

What should happen is:
It displays an error or tries to decode the data even if the output is/may be incorrect.

@xplshn xplshn changed the title Bug, can't do echo C2A70A | aces -d x0123456789ABCDEF [Request] Add an error message for cases where the input does not match the decoding charset May 8, 2024
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looks like a problem with the generic coder

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Thanks, I really want to use Aces as an alternative to github.com/xplshn/m_asci85, since it seems much more powerful, and I'd be able to use it like a base122 encoder

I don't seem to be able to access that repo. what is it about?

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xplshn commented May 8, 2024

Thanks, I really want to use Aces as an alternative to github.com/xplshn/m_asci85, since it seems much more powerful, and I'd be able to use it like a base122 encoder

I don't seem to be able to access that repo. what is it about?

The URL had a typo: https://github.com/xplshn/m_ascii85

Its an alternative to base64 with an efficiency of 80% (according to Wikipedia's page).

I only need to have a wider charset so that archives generated by https://github.com/xplshn/Handyscripts/blob/master/pelf won't bloat the size of each packed file (binary + its libraries or whatever you add) by up to 37%

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