Forgot one. This makes test_urllib2.py pass.

gvanrossum · gvanrossum · commit 083e20c8e1ed · 2007-08-29T02:30:49.000Z
diff --git a/Lib/base64.py b/Lib/base64.py
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ def b64encode(s, altchars=None):
     The encoded byte string is returned.
     """
     if not isinstance(s, bytes):
-        s = bytes(s)
+        s = bytes(s, "ascii")
     # Strip off the trailing newline
     encoded = binascii.b2a_base64(s)[:-1]
     if altchars is not None:
