encoding/base64: documentation can show the alphabet used for encoding #55126
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The encoding variables make reference to the RFC on how they work, but it's not clear from Go's documentation, nor the RFC, how they differ (note that they are defined in the RFC, but the naming, and link, means it's not an easy lookup for the first time users, I broke some code at work not knowing the difference and it was discovered because a consumer was using the other set) - is there a cleaner way to say
URLEncoding uses the following characterset
and StdEncoding uses the following
As well as the reasoning that is already present in the docs.
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