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Encode and decode MIME quoted-printable data
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Encode and decode files using the MIME quoted-printable encoding.

This module performs quoted-printable transport encoding and decoding,
as defined in RFC 1521 : "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Part One".  The quoted-printable encoding is designed for data where
there are relatively few nonprintable characters; the base64 encoding
scheme available via the `base64' module is more compact if there are
many such characters, as when sending a graphics file.

`decode(input, output)'
     Decode the contents of the INPUT file and write the resulting
     decoded binary data to the OUTPUT file.  INPUT and OUTPUT must
     either be file objects or objects that mimic the file object
     interface. INPUT will be read until `INPUT.read()' returns an
     empty string.

`encode(input, output, quotetabs)'
     Encode the contents of the INPUT file and write the resulting
     quoted-printable data to the OUTPUT file.  INPUT and OUTPUT must
     either be file objects or objects that mimic the file object
     interface. INPUT will be read until `INPUT.read()' returns an
     empty string.

See also:
     Note: mimify General utilities for processing of MIME messages.