Base36 byte-encoding specification #65
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LGTM. Can we add a quick spec? We also need to specify that zero padding is done with zeros. |
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Nod, will write one once I finish go-multibase tests in a bit |
Uses the alphabet 0-9a-z case insensitively. The prefix K is chosen to limit future clashes with english words based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency
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i will implement this in js multiformats/js-multibase#53 |
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As per our earlier decision we will start supporting base36 in all implementations, in order to resolve ipfs/kubo#7318
This adds the encoding/specification to the table of codecs. Another PR fixing up the test vectors and adding an actual program to generate them will follow.
The encoding uses the alphabet 0-9a-z case insensitively. The prefix
Kis chosento limit future clashes with english words based on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_frequency#Relative_frequencies_of_the_first_letters_of_a_word_in_the_English_language ( also the prefix
K2evokes lofty goals 😛 )Typical encodings look like (generated by this program):
/cc @aschmahmann who I can't add to reviewers