bpo-27846: Delete incorrect note in base64 docs (GH-5666)

miss-islington · ZackerySpytz · berkerpeksag · commit 2e8d9003ed7a · 2018-02-14T03:48:00.000+03:00
This note incorrectly stated that "Base64 has an expansion factor of 6 to 4" (it is actually 4 to 3). It was decided to remove the note. (cherry picked from commit 88c38a4) Co-authored-by: Zackery Spytz <zspytz@gmail.com>
diff --git a/Doc/library/base64.rst b/Doc/library/base64.rst
@@ -218,14 +218,6 @@ The modern interface provides:
    .. versionadded:: 3.4
 
 
-.. note::
-   Both Base85 and Ascii85 have an expansion factor of 5 to 4 (5 Base85 or
-   Ascii85 characters can encode 4 binary bytes), while the better-known
-   Base64 has an expansion factor of 6 to 4.  They are therefore more
-   efficient when space expensive.  They differ by details such as the
-   character map used for encoding.
-
-
 The legacy interface:
 
 .. function:: decode(input, output)
