gh-144027: Fix documentation for ignorechars in base64.a85decode()#144028
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It does not support an ASCII string. Also add more tests.
serhiy-storchaka added skip news needs backport to 3.13 
bitdancer requested changes Jan 20, 2026
| *ignorechars* should be a :term:`bytes-like object` or ASCII string | ||
| containing characters to ignore | ||
| *ignorechars* should be a byte string containing characters to ignore |
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As noted on the issue, I think bytes-like object is correct here.
| withself.assertRaises(TypeError): | ||
| base64.a85decode(b"a b\nc", ignorechars=" \n") | ||
| withself.assertRaises(TypeError): | ||
| base64.a85decode(b"a b\nc", ignorechars=None) |
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You could also add passing tests for bytearray, array.array, and memoryview here for the ignorechars argument if we want to be complete?
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It does not support an ASCII string.
Also add more tests.
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