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Reword and give examples in digest.base64_encode

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Description

Reword and give examples in digest.base64_encode

https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/reference/reference_lua/digest/#digest-base64-encode

  • Take a usual string which converts to base64 with + and /
  • give examples of output without options and with each of the options

<…> or line feed, and may contain
‘-‘ or ‘_’ instead of ‘+’ or ‘/’ |for positions 62 and 63 in the index
table|.

Options may be true or false, the default value is false.
For<…>

https://www.tarantool.io/en/doc/latest/reference/reference_lua/digest/#digest-base64-encode

It seems, it refers to the implementation details, which are not available for a user.

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Research direction

Open the linked digest.base64_encode reference page and review the current wording and option descriptions. Use a normal string whose Base64 output contains '+' and '/', then document the output with no options and with each option. Done when the page explains user-visible behavior without implementation-specific wording and includes all requested examples.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
lua
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Clearly specified
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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