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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/binascii.c b/Modules/binascii.c
index cd806723d4..8d4784033a 100644
--- a/Modules/binascii.c
+++ b/Modules/binascii.c
@@ -227,8 +227,11 @@ binascii_a2b_uu(self, args)
*/
this_ch = 0;
} else {
- /* Check the character for legality */
- if ( this_ch < ' ' || this_ch > (' ' + 63)) {
+ /* Check the character for legality
+ ** The 64 in stead of the expected 63 is because there are a few
+ ** uuencodes out there that use '@' as zero in stead of space.
+ */
+ if ( this_ch < ' ' || this_ch > (' ' + 64)) {
PyErr_SetString(Error, "Illegal char");
Py_DECREF(rv);
return NULL;