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b64

Fast and Vectorized Base 64 Engine

v0.1.7 · Jul 14, 2025 · MIT + file LICENSE

Description

Provides a fast, lightweight, and vectorized base 64 engine to encode and decode character and raw vectors as well as files stored on disk. Common base 64 alphabets are supported out of the box including the standard, URL-safe, bcrypt, crypt, 'BinHex', and IMAP-modified UTF-7 alphabets. Custom engines can be created to support unique base 64 encoding and decoding needs.

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r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang NOTE
r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc NOTE
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang NOTE
r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc NOTE
r-devel-macos-arm64 OK
r-devel-windows-x86_64 NOTE
r-oldrel-macos-arm64 OK
r-oldrel-macos-x86_64 OK
r-oldrel-windows-x86_64 OK
r-patched-linux-x86_64 NOTE
r-release-linux-x86_64 OK
r-release-macos-arm64 OK
r-release-macos-x86_64 OK
r-release-windows-x86_64 OK
Check details (6 non-OK)
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-clang

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-clang

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-fedora-gcc

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API call to R: ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-devel-windows-x86_64

compiled code

File 'b64/libs/x64/b64.dll':
  Found non-API call to R: 'R_UnboundValue'

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See 'Writing portable packages' in the 'Writing R Extensions' manual,
and section 'Moving into C API compliance' for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
NOTE r-patched-linux-x86_64

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_MissingArg’, ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.

Check History

NOTE 13 OK · 1 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 27, 2026
NOTE r-devel-linux-x86_64-debian-gcc

compiled code

File ‘b64/libs/b64.so’:
  Found non-API calls to R: ‘R_MissingArg’, ‘R_UnboundValue’

Compiled code should not call non-API entry points in R.

See ‘Writing portable packages’ in the ‘Writing R Extensions’ manual,
and section ‘Moving into C API compliance’ for issues with the use of
non-API entry points.
OK 14 OK · 0 NOTE · 0 WARNING · 0 ERROR · 0 FAILURE Mar 10, 2026

Version History

new 0.1.7 Mar 10, 2026
updated 0.1.7 ← 0.1.6 diff Jul 13, 2025
updated 0.1.6 ← 0.1.5 diff May 18, 2025
updated 0.1.5 ← 0.1.4 diff Apr 5, 2025
updated 0.1.4 ← 0.1.3 diff Mar 30, 2025
updated 0.1.3 ← 0.1.2 diff Sep 25, 2024
updated 0.1.2 ← 0.1.1 diff Jul 30, 2024
updated 0.1.1 ← 0.1.0 diff Jul 1, 2024
new 0.1.0 Jan 14, 2024