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Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof@math.ethz.ch> writes:

> As the C layer is at the moment the only part of Emacs signaling
> differentiated errors that it is all the more important that the lisp
> prototype gets it right.

The C base64 functions do not signal any errors at all -- they return
nil on not being able to decode.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen