/* convert 4 base64 bytes to 3 normal bytes */
v=*save;
i=*state;
- inptr = (const guchar *)in;
+
last[0] = last[1] = 0;
+
+ /* we use the sign in the state to determine if we got a padding character
+ in the previous sequence */
+ if (i < 0)
+ {
+ i = -i;
+ last[0] = '=';
+ }
+
+ inptr = (const guchar *)in;
while (inptr < inend)
{
c = *inptr++;
}
*save = v;
- *state = i;
+ *state = last[0] == '=' ? -i : i;
return outptr - out;
}
* @text: zero-terminated string with base64 text to decode
* @out_len: (out): The length of the decoded data is written here
*
- * Decode a sequence of Base-64 encoded text into binary data
+ * Decode a sequence of Base-64 encoded text into binary data. Note
+ * that the returned binary data is not necessarily zero-terminated,
+ * so it should not be used as a character string.
*
* Return value: (transfer full) (array length=out_len) (element-type guint8):
* newly allocated buffer containing the binary data