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Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Erwin Moller wrote:
>> On 7/27/2014 11:03 AM, Richard Maher wrote:
>>> On 7/27/2014 3:44 PM, Evertjan. wrote:
>>>> What is btoa(), surely not native JS?
> 
> btoa() (presumably, “*b*inary *to* ‘a’-for-character”) is a method of the
> host object referred to by the host-defined “window” property of the
> ECMAScript global object, originating from DOM Level 0, for base64
> encoding; it takes a String value (object or primitive) and returns a
> primitive string value.  window.atob() is its decoding counterpart.  For
> historical reasons, it is available at least in Gecko-based and WebKit-
> based browsers (I have not tested others yet).
> 
> […]
> 
> <https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Window.btoa>

It turned out that, at least in Google V8 JavaScript in Chromium 34, btoa() 
and atob() are properties of the global object as well, so I will add 
testcases to the ES Matrix.  It would be good to know that the major 
ECMAScript implementations include a base64 encoder/decoder.

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How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-27 10:23 +0800
  Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-27 09:44 +0200
    Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-27 17:03 +0800
      Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-07-27 14:35 +0200
      Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-07-28 10:55 +0200
        Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-28 18:09 +0800
          Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Erwin Moller <erwinmollerusenet@xs4all.nl> - 2014-07-28 16:22 +0200
        Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-07-28 21:55 +0200
          Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2014-07-28 20:00 -0700
          Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-07-29 13:51 +0200
    Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2014-07-28 05:54 +0000
      Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-28 10:05 +0200
  Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-07-27 11:06 +0000
    Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion Richard Maher <maher_rjSPAMLESS@hotmail.com> - 2014-07-28 18:04 +0800
  Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-07-27 10:46 -0700
    Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-27 19:57 +0200
      Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-07-27 12:25 -0700
        Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Michael Haufe (TNO)" <tno@thenewobjective.com> - 2014-07-27 12:32 -0700
        Re: How to load binary image with Javascript with NO BASE64 conversion "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2014-07-27 21:58 +0200

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