Re: [Vala] Base64 encode/decode

[Daniel Espinosa <esodan gmail com>]

I've used this for encode/decode strings in a GTK app, is it necessary to
call GLib.Intl.setlocale at app start?

And if it is a GLIB library,  should I call setlocale to initialize it?

El mar 10, 2015 8:14 PM, "Evan Nemerson" <evan coeus-group com> escribió:
> It decodes fine.  The same thing happens when you try to print t instead
> of s2.  You forgot to call setlocale:
>
>         GLib.Intl.setlocale (GLib.LocaleCategory.ALL, "");
>
> Or, if you're using 0.28, just GLib.Intl.setlocale(); will work.
>
>
> On Tue, 2015-03-10 at 16:43 -0600, Daniel Espinosa wrote:
> > I would like to know how Vala Base64 encode/decode UTF-8 strings.
> >
> > If my string have no special characters, Base64 encode/decode works
> > flawlessly.
> >
> > But if it has a character like "á" it fails to decode, well when try to
> > cast to string fails.
> >
> > Code:
> >
> > public class App : Object
> > {
> >     public static void main ()
> >     {
> >         var app = new App ();
> >         var t = "á";
> >         var s = GLib.Base64.encode (t.data);
> >         var s2 = GLib.Base64.decode (s);
> >         GLib.message ("TEXT: "+(string)s2);
> >     }
> > }
> >
> > Text printed is:
> >
> >  ** Message: string.vala:10: TEXT: ?
> >
> > Expected message should be:
> >
> > ** Message: string.vala:10: TEXT: á
> >
> > Please help me.