const char* base64_chars[2] = {
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
"0123456789"
"+/",
"ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ"
"abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz"
"0123456789"
"-_"};
static unsigned int pos_of_char(const unsigned char chr) {
if (chr >= 'A' && chr <= 'Z') return chr - 'A';
else if (chr >= 'a' && chr <= 'z') return chr - 'a' + ('Z' - 'A') + 1;
else if (chr >= '0' && chr <= '9') return chr - '0' + ('Z' - 'A') + ('z' - 'a') + 2;
else if (chr == '+' || chr == '-') return 62;
else if (chr == '/' || chr == '_') return 63;
throw "If input is correct, this line should never be reached.";
}