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Base64 encoding and decoding

Portions sourced from (https://gist.github.com/shpakovski/1902994).

Signature	`hs.base64.decode(str) -> val`
Type	Function
Description	Decodes a given base64 string
Parameters	str - A base64 encoded string
Returns	A string containing the decoded data
Source	extensions/base64/base64.lua line 40

Signature	`hs.base64.encode(val[,width]) -> str`
Type	Function
Description	Encodes a given string to base64
Parameters	val - A string to encode as base64 width - Optional line width to split the string into (usually 64 or 76)
Returns	A string containing the base64 representation of the input string
Source	extensions/base64/base64.lua line 14