NAME
    Convert::Z85 - Encode and decode Z85 strings

SYNOPSIS
      use Convert::Z85;

      my $encoded = encode_z85($binarydata);
      my $decoded = decode_z85($encoded);

DESCRIPTION
    An implementation of the *Z85* encoding scheme (as described in ZeroMQ
    spec 32 <http://rfc.zeromq.org/spec:32>) for encoding binary data as
    plain text.

    Modelled on the PyZMQ <http://zeromq.github.io/pyzmq/> implementation.

    This module uses Exporter::Tiny to export two functions by default:
    "encode_z85" and "decode_z85".

  encode_z85
      my $z85 = encode_z85($data);

    Takes binary data in 4-byte chunks and returns a Z85-encoded text
    string.

    Per the spec, padding is not performed automatically; the pad option can
    be specified to pad data with trailing zero bytes:

      my $z85 = encode_z85($data, pad => 1);

  decode_z85
      my $bin = decode_z85($encoded);

    Takes a Z85 text string and returns the original binary data.

    Throws a stack trace if invalid data is encountered.

    Per the spec, removing padding is not performed automatically; the pad
    option can be specified to remove trailing zero bytes:

      my $bin = decode_z85($encoded, pad => 1);

SEE ALSO
    Convert::Ascii85

    POEx::ZMQ

    ZMQ::FFI

AUTHOR
    Jon Portnoy <avenj@cobaltirc.org>

