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> Base64 isn't numeric it's alphanumeric. They meant that a number written in hex (base16) is still a number, even though you use some letters. Similarly, a nu
by novatype 5y ago
> Base64 isn't numeric it's alphanumeric.
They meant that a number written in hex (base16) is still a number, even though you use some letters. Similarly, a number written in base64 is still a number.
- alkonaut 5y agoYes, and in that case I’d like it of Copilot erased/replaced any string over (say) 15 or 20 characters unless they are [0..9]+. Obviously any string is a potential number in some encoding so the only encoding to exclude would be decimal.