The Rust base64 crate got a new release the other day, which removed (or rather deprecated for now) the simple encoding\/decoding API and requires quite a bit boilerplate for such a simple task.<\/p>
The maintainer does not see the point in providing a simpler API for the common cases because if the API is too difficult to use then Rust is just the wrong language for you ?<\/p>
Too bad the crate has such a prominent name on crates.io and is used so widely. I hope that doesn't turn away too many beginners because something as simple as base64 handling is so complicated.<\/p>
The data-encoding crate looks like a good alternative for the same tasks. It provides the same amount of flexibility while still providing a simple API for the common tasks.<\/p>
https:\/\/lib.rs\/crates\/data-encoding<\/a><\/p> #rust<\/a> #RustLang<\/a><\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-08-20:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/toot.cat\/users\/slomo\/statuses\/109677035237699481","object":{"id":"https:\/\/toot.cat\/users\/slomo\/statuses\/109677035237699481","objectType":"note","content":" The Rust base64 crate got a new release the other day, which removed (or rather deprecated for now) the simple encoding\/decoding API and requires quite a bit boilerplate for such a simple task.<\/p> The maintainer does not see the point in providing a simpler API for the common cases because if the API is too difficult to use then Rust is just the wrong language for you ?<\/p> Too bad the crate has such a prominent name on crates.io and is used so widely. I hope that doesn't turn away too many beginners because something as simple as base64 handling is so complicated.<\/p> The data-encoding crate looks like a good alternative for the same tasks. It provides the same amount of flexibility while still providing a simple API for the common tasks.<\/p> https:\/\/lib.rs\/crates\/data-encoding<\/a><\/p> #rust<\/a> #RustLang<\/a><\/p>","url":"https:\/\/toot.cat\/@slomo\/109677035237699481","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"tags":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/object\/hashtag","displayName":"rustlang"}]},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2023-01-13:objectType=thread:nonce=7f7b17e3387ed6f5","notice_info":{"local_id":"2295697","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2023-01-13T09:55:29+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/toot.cat\/@slomo\/109677035237699481"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/1036590","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}