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+/**
+ * Standard Ascii85 implementation, except that the character sets used are as defined in
+ * RFC 1924 for JSON-compatibility, and will NOT truncate '00000' into something else;
+ * just gzip the inputstream instead!
+ */
+object Ascii85 {
+    /** As per RFC-1924 */
+    private const val CHAR_TABLE = "0123456789ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz!#${'$'}%&()*+-;<=>?@^_`{|}~"
+    /** As per Adobe standard */
+    //private val CHAR_TABLE = (33 until (33+85)).toList().map { it.toChar() }.joinToString("") // testing only!
+
+    private val INVERSE_TABLE = LongArray(127)
+
+    /** Int of `-1` */
+    val PAD_BYTE = -1
+    /** Null-character (`\0`) */
+    val PAD_CHAR = 0.toChar()
+
+    private val INTERNAL_PAD_BYTE = 0
+    private val INTERNAL_PAD_CHAR = CHAR_TABLE.last()
+
+    init {
+        for (i in 0 until 85)
+            INVERSE_TABLE[CHAR_TABLE[i].toInt()] = i.toLong()
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Put -1 ([Ascii85.PAD_BYTE]) for null-bytes
+     */
+    fun encode(i1: Int?, i2: Int?, i3: Int?, i4: Int?): String {
+        var b1=i1 ?: PAD_BYTE; var b2=i2 ?: PAD_BYTE; var b3=i3 ?: PAD_BYTE; var b4=i4 ?: PAD_BYTE
+        var padLen = 0
+        if (b4 == PAD_BYTE) {
+            b4 = INTERNAL_PAD_BYTE
+            padLen = 1
+        }
+        if (b3 == PAD_BYTE) {
+            b3 = INTERNAL_PAD_BYTE
+            padLen = 2
+        }
+        if (b2 == PAD_BYTE) {
+            b2 = INTERNAL_PAD_BYTE
+            padLen = 3
+        }
+        if (b1 == PAD_BYTE) {
+            return ""
+        }
+
+        var sum = (b1.toLong().and(255) shl 24) or
+                (b2.toLong().and(255) shl 16) or
+                (b3.toLong().and(255) shl 8) or
+                b4.toLong().and(255)
+        val c1 = (sum / 52200625L).toInt()
+        sum = sum - (c1 * 52200625L)
+        val c2 = (sum / 614125L).toInt()
+        sum = sum - (c2 * 614125L)
+        val c3 = (sum / 7225L).toInt()
+        sum = sum - (c3 * 7225L)
+        val c4 = (sum / 85L).toInt()
+        sum = sum % 85L
+
+        return ("${CHAR_TABLE[c1]}" +
+                "${CHAR_TABLE[c2]}" +
+                "${CHAR_TABLE[c3]}" +
+                "${CHAR_TABLE[c4]}" +
+                "${CHAR_TABLE[sum.toInt()]}").substring(0,5 - padLen)
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Put '\0' ([Ascii85.PAD_CHAR]) for null-chars
+     */
+    fun decode(x1: Char?, x2: Char?, x3: Char?, x4: Char?, x5: Char?): ByteArray {
+        var s1=x1 ?: PAD_CHAR; var s2=x2 ?: PAD_CHAR; var s3=x3 ?: PAD_CHAR; var s4=x4 ?: PAD_CHAR; var s5=x5 ?: PAD_CHAR
+        var padLen = 0
+        if (s5 == PAD_CHAR) {
+            s5 = INTERNAL_PAD_CHAR
+            padLen = 1
+        }
+        if (s4 == PAD_CHAR) {
+            s4 = INTERNAL_PAD_CHAR
+            padLen = 2
+        }
+        if (s3 == PAD_CHAR) {
+            s3 = INTERNAL_PAD_CHAR
+            padLen = 3
+        }
+        if (s2 == PAD_CHAR) {
+            s2 = INTERNAL_PAD_CHAR
+            padLen = 3
+        }
+        if (s1 == PAD_CHAR) {
+            return byteArrayOf()
+        }
+
+        val sum = (INVERSE_TABLE[s1.toInt()] * 52200625) +
+                  (INVERSE_TABLE[s2.toInt()] * 614125) +
+                  (INVERSE_TABLE[s3.toInt()] * 7225) +
+                  (INVERSE_TABLE[s4.toInt()] * 85) +
+                  INVERSE_TABLE[s5.toInt()]
+        return ByteArray(4 - padLen) { sum.ushr((3 - it) * 8).and(255).toByte() }
+    }
+}
+
+/*fun main(args: Array<String>) {
+    val str = "Man is distinguished, not only by his reason, but by this singular passion from other animals, which is a lust of the mind, that by a perseverance of delight in the continued and indefatigable generation of knowledge, exceeds the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure."
+    println(str)
+
+    var out = ""
+    for (k in 0..(str.length / 4)) {
+        out += Ascii85.encode(
+                str.getOrNull(k*4)?.toInt(),
+                str.getOrNull(k*4+1)?.toInt(),
+                str.getOrNull(k*4+2)?.toInt(),
+                str.getOrNull(k*4+3)?.toInt()
+        )
+    }
+
+    println(out)
+
+    ////////////////////////////////
+
+    val encoded = out
+
+    var out2 = ""
+    for (k in 0..(encoded.length / 5)) {
+        out2 += Ascii85.decode(
+                encoded.getOrNull(k*5),
+                encoded.getOrNull(k*5+1),
+                encoded.getOrNull(k*5+2),
+                encoded.getOrNull(k*5+3),
+                encoded.getOrNull(k*5+4),
+        ).toString(Charsets.US_ASCII)
+    }
+
+    println(out2)
+}*/
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