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I don't see the problem here at all. What prevents somebody from writing a 5 line helper wrapper that provides the easier API either in their project or as a small crate if they want to share the helper between projects?

That's the benefit of having a more explicit API. Doing it the other way and making a generic API on top of a simplified one is harder.

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I agree, thinking in layers is super helpful here. I might prefer the higher-level, simpler API was part of the same project as the low-level API (esp. given the name recognition here), but when it isn't, I can go make my own high-level API.

I'm not a rust user; is there anything preventing someone from making a "base64-simple" crate which uses this base64 crate to make a higher-level API?

No. It would likely be 4 lines in a 'utils' folder/file.

I was on the opposite side reading the github comments, notably because of my recent usage of python base64 but your (and GP) comments make a lot of sense, i wasn't using logic but habits. Thanks.

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