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The base32 module provides encoding and decoding functions for converting
binary data to and from UTF-8 alphanumeric text using the base32hex encoding
defined in RFC-4648.
This encoding is useful for emitting numeric index keys and querying those values with a range query. This derives from the fact that base32hex encoded text preserves the bitwise sort order of the represented data.
Similarly, the default composite key separator character (the zero byte) will continue to work adequately even for index keys that could themselves contain a zero, if not encoded.