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gh-101178: refactor base64.b85encode to be memory friendly #112248

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gh-101178: C implementation of base64._a85encode
romuald Feb 16, 2025
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Add possible regression test in test_base64
romuald Feb 16, 2025
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Review changes Modules/binascii.c
romuald Feb 16, 2025
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Review fixes: update algorithm
romuald Feb 16, 2025
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Further plagiate git's implementation
romuald Feb 17, 2025
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Rename b2a_base85 as private for now
romuald Feb 17, 2025
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Credit to git's implementation and more comments
romuald Feb 17, 2025
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35 changes: 9 additions & 26 deletions 35 Lib/base64.py
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Expand Up @@ -298,27 +298,12 @@ def b16decode(s, casefold=False):

def _85encode(b, chars, chars2, pad=False, foldnuls=False, foldspaces=False):
# Helper function for a85encode and b85encode
# chars2 is now unused
if not isinstance(b, bytes_types):
b = memoryview(b).tobytes()

padding = (-len(b)) % 4
if padding:
b = b + b'\0' * padding
words = struct.Struct('!%dI' % (len(b) // 4)).unpack(b)

chunks = [b'z' if foldnuls and not word else
b'y' if foldspaces and word == 0x20202020 else
(chars2[word // 614125] +
chars2[word // 85 % 7225] +
chars[word % 85])
for word in words]

if padding and not pad:
if chunks[-1] == b'z':
chunks[-1] = chars[0] * 5
chunks[-1] = chunks[-1][:-padding]

return b''.join(chunks)
return binascii._b2a_base85(b, chars=chars, pad=pad,
foldnuls=foldnuls, foldspaces=foldspaces)

def a85encode(b, *, foldspaces=False, wrapcol=0, pad=False, adobe=False):
"""Encode bytes-like object b using Ascii85 and return a bytes object.
Expand All @@ -337,14 +322,13 @@ def a85encode(b, *, foldspaces=False, wrapcol=0, pad=False, adobe=False):
adobe controls whether the encoded byte sequence is framed with <~ and ~>,
which is used by the Adobe implementation.
"""
global _a85chars, _a85chars2
global _a85chars
# Delay the initialization of tables to not waste memory
# if the function is never called
if _a85chars2 is None:
if _a85chars is None:
_a85chars = [bytes((i,)) for i in range(33, 118)]
_a85chars2 = [(a + b) for a in _a85chars for b in _a85chars]

result = _85encode(b, _a85chars, _a85chars2, pad, True, foldspaces)
result = _85encode(b, b''.join(_a85chars), None, pad, True, foldspaces)

if adobe:
result = _A85START + result
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -445,13 +429,12 @@ def b85encode(b, pad=False):
If pad is true, the input is padded with b'\\0' so its length is a multiple of
4 bytes before encoding.
"""
global _b85chars, _b85chars2
global _b85chars
# Delay the initialization of tables to not waste memory
# if the function is never called
if _b85chars2 is None:
if _b85chars is None:
_b85chars = [bytes((i,)) for i in _b85alphabet]
_b85chars2 = [(a + b) for a in _b85chars for b in _b85chars]
return _85encode(b, _b85chars, _b85chars2, pad)
return _85encode(b, _b85alphabet, None, pad)

def b85decode(b):
"""Decode the base85-encoded bytes-like object or ASCII string b
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions 1 Lib/test/test_base64.py
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Expand Up @@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ def test_b85encode(self):
b"""0123456789!@#0^&*();:<>,. []{}""":
b"""VPa!sWoBn+X=-b1ZEkOHadLBXb#`}nd3r%YLqtVJM@UIZOH55pPf$@("""
b"""Q&d$}S6EqEFflSSG&MFiI5{CeBQRbjDkv#CIy^osE+AW7dwl""",
b"paddu\xc7": b'aA9O*b;k',
b'no padding..': b'Zf_uPVPs@!Zf7no',
b'zero compression\x00\x00\x00\x00': b'dS!BNAY*TBaB^jHb7^mG00000',
b'zero compression\x00\x00\x00': b'dS!BNAY*TBaB^jHb7^mG0000',
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95 changes: 95 additions & 0 deletions 95 Modules/binascii.c
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Expand Up @@ -1239,13 +1239,108 @@ binascii_b2a_qp_impl(PyObject *module, Py_buffer *data, int quotetabs,
return rv;
}

/*[clinic input]
binascii._b2a_base85

data: Py_buffer
chars: Py_buffer
pad: bool = False
foldnuls: bool = False
foldspaces: bool = False

Utility method used by the base64 module to encode a85/b85 data

data: bytes
chars: 85 bytes conversion table
pad: use NULL-paded input if necessary
foldnuls: replace NULL chunks by 'z'
foldspaces: replace space-only chucks by 'y'

[clinic start generated code]*/

static PyObject *
binascii__b2a_base85_impl(PyObject *module, Py_buffer *data,
Py_buffer *chars, int pad, int foldnuls,
int foldspaces)
/*[clinic end generated code: output=cefe84c300ad7314 input=3c8faf77b992dcc2]*/
{
if (chars->len != 85) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
"chars must be exactly 85 bytes long");
return NULL;
}

_PyBytesWriter writer;
_PyBytesWriter_Init(&writer);

const size_t bin_len = data->len;

// Allocate up to maxium encoded length, adjusted at end
const size_t ascii_len = ((bin_len + 3) / 4) * 5;

unsigned char *ascii_data = _PyBytesWriter_Alloc(&writer, ascii_len);
if (ascii_data == NULL) {
PyErr_NoMemory();
return NULL;
}

const unsigned char *table = chars->buf;
const unsigned char *bin_data = data->buf;

size_t i = 0 ;
int padding = 0;

// Conversion largely inspired from git base85 implementation
while (i < bin_len) {
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I would also credit the git implementation for this one as it's heavily based on it.

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Credit added. I don't know if I should phrase it differently?

I've also added some other comments to try to explain the logic more

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// Translate each 4 byte chunk to 32bit integer
uint32_t value = 0;
for (int cnt = 24; cnt >= 0; cnt -= 8) {
value |= bin_data[i] << cnt;
if (++i == bin_len) {
// Number of bytes under the 4 bytes rounded value
padding = cnt / 8;
break;
}
}

// Handle NULL only and space-only cases (specific to ASCII85)
if (foldnuls && value == 0) {
*ascii_data++ = 'z';
}
else if (foldspaces && value == 0x20202020) {
*ascii_data++ = 'y';
}
else {
for (int j = 4; j >= 0; j--) {
ascii_data[j] = table[value % 85];
value /= 85;
}
ascii_data += 5;
}
}

// Expand the last folded null in case it did not fill a full chunk
if (padding && !pad && foldnuls && ascii_data[-1] == 'z') {
ascii_data--;
memset(ascii_data, table[0], 5);
ascii_data += 5;
}

if (!pad) {
ascii_data -= padding;
}

return _PyBytesWriter_Finish(&writer, ascii_data);
}

/* List of functions defined in the module */

static struct PyMethodDef binascii_module_methods[] = {
BINASCII_A2B_UU_METHODDEF
BINASCII_B2A_UU_METHODDEF
BINASCII_A2B_BASE64_METHODDEF
BINASCII_B2A_BASE64_METHODDEF
BINASCII__B2A_BASE85_METHODDEF
BINASCII_A2B_HEX_METHODDEF
BINASCII_B2A_HEX_METHODDEF
BINASCII_HEXLIFY_METHODDEF
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112 changes: 111 additions & 1 deletion 112 Modules/clinic/binascii.c.h
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