Remove bench with base64 crate

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 
 - Enhance performance by 15%.
 - Document the commands to build the example and run the benchmarks.
-- Compare performance with the `base64` crate.
 - Add `generic` to the crate keywords.
 
 ## 1.1.1

Cargo.toml

@@ -28,5 +28,4 @@ path = "examples/encode/main.rs"
 # Used by the example.
 getopts = "0.2.14"
 # Used by the tests and benchmarks.
-base64 = "0.1.1"
 rustc-serialize = "0.3.16"

benches/diff.rs

@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 extern crate test;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
-extern crate base64 as extern_base64;
 extern crate data_encoding;
 
 use test::Bencher;
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ fn rustc_encode(b: &mut Bencher) {
     encode(b, |x| x.to_base64(STANDARD).into_bytes());
 }
 
-#[bench]
-fn base64_encode(b: &mut Bencher) {
-    encode(b, |x| extern_base64::u8en(x).unwrap());
-}
-
 #[bench]
 fn data_decode(b: &mut Bencher) {
     decode(b, base64::decode);
@@ -43,8 +37,3 @@ fn data_decode(b: &mut Bencher) {
 fn rustc_decode(b: &mut Bencher) {
     decode(b, |x| x.from_base64());
 }
-
-#[bench]
-fn base64_decode(b: &mut Bencher) {
-    decode(b, extern_base64::u8de);
-}

tests/diff.rs

@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 extern crate data_encoding;
 extern crate rustc_serialize;
-extern crate base64;
 
 #[test]
 fn difference() {
     use data_encoding::base64::decode;
     use data_encoding::decode::Error::*;
     use rustc_serialize::base64::FromBase64;
-    use base64::u8de;
     let x = b"AAB=";
     assert_eq!(decode(x), Err(BadPadding));
     assert_eq!(x.from_base64().unwrap(), vec![0, 0]);
-    assert_eq!(u8de(x).unwrap(), vec![0, 0]);
     let x = b"AAA";
     assert_eq!(decode(x), Err(BadLength));
     assert_eq!(x.from_base64().unwrap(), vec![0, 0]);
-    assert_eq!(u8de(x).unwrap(), vec![0, 0]);
     let x = b"A\rA\nB=";
     assert_eq!(decode(x), Err(BadLength));
     assert_eq!(x.from_base64().unwrap(), vec![0, 0]);