add lower case a-z for base16 or maybe base32 about data-encoding HOT 8 CLOSED

Yes, data-encoding will add this in v2.0.0 which is currently in progress. However I have a few questions:

• Do you need decode to also support uppercase letters? In other words, is 38a9F1 a valid hex encoding? (v2.0.0 will support this optionally in a case-insensitive setting)
• Do you need this feature before May 2017? (I suspect v2.0.0 to be ready during April/May 2017. If you don't need a case-insensitive decode then I can add a hex_low module handling this in v1.3.0 tonight)

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I feel mix lower and upper case is not needed(never saw in other implemention)
currently, I use rustc_serailize::hex withour problem, but wish can get rid of it.

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v2.0.0 will support this optionally in a case-insensitive setting

Yeah, looking forward to that!

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@sbant You can now use the HEXLOWER constant of v2.0.0-rc.1. You would typically use it like HEXLOWER.encode(input) and HEXLOWER.decode(input).

@dbrgn There is now a HEXLOWER_PERMISSIVE constant in v2.0.0-rc.1 that works as HEXLOWER but also accepts upper-case. Note that with v2.0.0-rc.1 you can easily define you own encoding and get the exact same performance as the predefined ones.

The v2.0.0-rc.1 will move to v2.0.0 in about one month depending on feedback.

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@ia0 is the v2 ETA still end of May?

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@lucab No. I am working on an rc2 that unifies the NoPad and Padded types and allows to ignore characters during decoding. I don't know yet when I'll be done (prototype is done though). It will probably be out before end of June, but I am not sure I'll have enough time.

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I see. No hurry, and thanks for the status update!

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Quick update on this issue. I released v2.0.0-rc.2 which should be the last candidate before v2.0.0 is released (before end of year).

I'm closing the issue since it should be fully solved by v2.0.0-rc.2.

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