binascii: rewrite a2b_base64's padding state machine to match CPython, and fix a2b_uu / buffer-contiguity gaps - #1351
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…, and fix a2b_uu / buffer-contiguity gaps
`a2b_base64` used a homegrown "stop decoding once a completing pad sequence
is seen" rule that diverged from `binascii_a2b_base64_impl`
(`Modules/binascii.c`): CPython's loop never terminates on padding — a pad
inside the completion window (`quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads <= 4`) is
`continue`d, and outside strict mode every pad and non-alphabet byte is
skipped. Errors only fire mid-loop under `strict_mode`, or from the two
post-loop length checks, which run unconditionally. Rewrote
`transforms::a2b_base64` as a line-by-line port of the C state machine, and
renamed `Base64DecodeError`'s variants to the exact CPython error branches
(`LeadingPaddingNotAllowed`, `ExcessPaddingNotAllowed`,
`OnlyBase64DataAllowed`, `ExcessDataAfterPadding`,
`DiscontinuousPaddingNotAllowed`, `InvalidLastSymbol`, `IncorrectPadding`).
A side effect: the old single `InvalidByte{byte: PAD}` variant had collapsed
CPython's distinct "Leading padding" / "Excess padding" messages into
"Discontinuous padding"; the split restores the three real messages.
`a2b_uu(b"")` returned 32 zero bytes (a stray `(-0x20i32) & 0x3f` fallback)
instead of raising. CPython's `binascii_a2b_uu_impl` raises
`binascii.Error("Missing length byte")` on an empty buffer; added
`Error::MissingLengthByte` and the empty-input check. The length-byte
subtraction also moved to `wrapping_sub`, which fixes a debug-build
subtract-overflow panic for `a2b_uu(bytes([b]))` with `b < b' '`, without
changing the release-mode result.
Every `binascii` entry point funneled its buffer argument through
`buffer_as_bytes_like`, which gathers a strided `memoryview` element-by-
element instead of rejecting it. CPython's `ascii_buffer_converter` /
`Py_buffer` converters request `PyBUF_SIMPLE`, which a non-C-contiguous view
fails with `BufferError`. Wired the shared `as_bytes` / `as_buffer_bytes`
converters through the existing `crate::typedef::require_contiguous_buffer`
(already used by the `bytes`-method bytes-like path), so a slice like
`memoryview(b'...')[::-2]` is now rejected the same way everywhere
`binascii` reads a buffer.
Also gave `as_bytes`'s buffer-type-rejection error the offending type name,
matching `ascii_buffer_converter`'s `"...not '%.100s'"` suffix
(`Modules/binascii.c`); the old message dropped it, a pre-existing gap this
patch's review happened to touch.
Flip `test.test_binascii` to `PASS` (dynasm) in `cpython_tests/baseline.json`:
93 tests, 17 skipped, 0 failures, across the `bytes`, `bytearray`, `array`,
and `memoryview` fixture variants.
Assisted-by: Claude
WalkthroughThe binascii module now requires contiguous buffers, aligns Base64 decoding errors with CPython behavior, reports missing UU length bytes explicitly, and updates the dynasm baseline for Changesbinascii decoding behavior
Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to The decoder may continue processing data after completed padding, producing incorrect decoded bytes or error types; this correctness risk should be resolved before merging. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
participant BinasciiAPI
participant BufferConverter
participant a2b_base64
participant ErrorMapper
BinasciiAPI->>BufferConverter: require contiguous buffer
BufferConverter->>a2b_base64: pass buffer bytes
a2b_base64-->>ErrorMapper: return Base64DecodeError
ErrorMapper-->>BinasciiAPI: return mapped binascii error
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When a non-C-contiguous memoryview reaches any decoder using as_bytes (a2b_base64, a2b_hex/unhexlify, a2b_qp, or a2b_uu), this newly added ? propagates BufferError. The CPython 3.14.4 oracle instead rejects the same inputs through ascii_buffer_converter with TypeError("argument should be bytes, buffer or ASCII string, not 'memoryview'"). Because the exception type is observable, map this contiguity failure to the decoder-specific TypeError rather than propagating the encoder-style BufferError.
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This function explicitly replaces PyPy's pypy/module/binascii/interp_base64.py state machine with CPython's implementation, but the new site comment cites only Modules/binascii.c. For a CPython-spec departure from PyPy, the repository requires the per-site comment to identify both upstream sides so later parity work can distinguish the approved adaptation from an accidental structural regression; add the PyPy location and the admissible CPython 3.14 artifact here.
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In `@pyre/pyre-interpreter/src/module/binascii/transforms.rs`:
- Around line 233-239: Update binascii_a2b_base64_impl so that when quad_pos
plus pads equals 4, it validates any trailing data according to strict mode and
then terminates decoding immediately. Preserve the expected b"TQ==" result of
b"M", non-strict ignoring trailing bytes, and strict reporting Excess data after
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| /// `a2b_base64`. A line-by-line port of `binascii_a2b_base64_impl` | ||
| /// (CPython `Modules/binascii.c`): padding characters within the completion | ||
| /// window (`quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads <= 4`) are always skipped — | ||
| /// even in strict mode — and non-strict mode additionally skips *every* | ||
| /// pad and every non-alphabet byte outside that window. Errors therefore | ||
| /// only fire in strict mode (mid-loop) or from the two post-loop length | ||
| /// checks, which apply unconditionally. |
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Terminate decoding after completed padding.
After the second = in b"TQ==", this loop continues instead of ending decoding. In non-strict mode, b"TQ==AAAA" produces extra decoded bytes instead of b"M". In strict mode, trailing bytes after completed padding can produce Only base64 data is allowed instead of Excess data after padding.
When quad_pos + pads == 4, check for strict-mode trailing data and then break the loop.
Proposed fix
if el == PAD {
pads += 1;
- if quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads <= 4 {
+ if quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads == 4 {
+ if strict_mode && i + 1 < b.len() {
+ return Err(Error::Base64(Base64DecodeError::ExcessDataAfterPadding));
+ }
+ break;
+ }
+ if quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads < 4 {
continue;
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In `@pyre/pyre-interpreter/src/module/binascii/transforms.rs` around lines 233 -
239, Update binascii_a2b_base64_impl so that when quad_pos plus pads equals 4,
it validates any trailing data according to strict mode and then terminates
decoding immediately. Preserve the expected b"TQ==" result of b"M", non-strict
ignoring trailing bytes, and strict reporting Excess data after padding.
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Summary
a2b_base64used a homegrown "stop decoding once a completing pad sequence is seen" rule that diverges frombinascii_a2b_base64_impl(Modules/binascii.c): CPython's loop never terminates on padding — a pad inside the completion window (quad_pos >= 2 && quad_pos + pads <= 4) iscontinued, and outside strict mode every pad and non-alphabet byte is skipped. Errors only fire mid-loop understrict_mode, or from the two post-loop length checks, which run unconditionally. Rewrotetransforms::a2b_base64(pyre/pyre-interpreter/src/module/binascii/transforms.rs) as a line-by-line port of the C state machine, and renamedBase64DecodeError's variants to the exact CPython error branches (LeadingPaddingNotAllowed,ExcessPaddingNotAllowed,OnlyBase64DataAllowed,ExcessDataAfterPadding,DiscontinuousPaddingNotAllowed,InvalidLastSymbol,IncorrectPadding).a2b_uu(b"")returned 32 zero bytes (a stray(-0x20i32) & 0x3ffallback) instead of raising. CPython'sbinascii_a2b_uu_implraisesbinascii.Error("Missing length byte")on an empty buffer; addedError::MissingLengthByteand the empty-input check.binasciientry point funneled its buffer argument throughbuffer_as_bytes_like, which gathers a stridedmemoryviewelement-by-element instead of rejecting it. CPython'sascii_buffer_converter/Py_bufferconverters requestPyBUF_SIMPLE, which a non-C-contiguous view fails withBufferError. Wired the sharedas_bytes/as_buffer_bytesconverters (mod.rs) through the existingcrate::typedef::require_contiguous_buffer(already used by thebytes-method bytes-like path), so a slice likememoryview(b'...')[::-2]is now rejected the same way everywherebinasciireads a buffer.test.test_binasciitoPASS(dynasm) incpython_tests/baseline.json: 93 tests, 17 skipped, 0 failures, across all four fixture variants (bytes,bytearray,array,memoryview).Self-review
This patch was written by Claude (Claude Code).
binascii's own module doc(
mod.rs:1-6) documents that it intentionally follows RustPython's verifiedbinasciicore rather than PyPy's, so the standard PyPy-parity review promptdoesn't apply verbatim; a separate Claude session did a branch-for-branch
static-analysis pass of
a2b_base64/a2b_uuagainst CPython'sModules/binascii.cinstead. Findings: no correctness regressions (everybranch, the bit-shift state machine, and both post-loop length checks trace
1:1 to the C original); one reuse issue caught and fixed before this
submission (
check_c_contiguousduplicated an existingcrate::typedef::require_contiguous_bufferhelper — now calls that instead);one pre-existing, out-of-scope message-text gap noted (
as_bytes'sbuffer-type-rejection error omits the offending type name CPython's
ascii_buffer_converterincludes — untouched by this diff).Assisted-by: Claude.Summary by CodeRabbit