Invalid input turns into null bytes

Question

Running something like:

(seq (clojure.data.codec.base64/decode (.getBytes "dl nd Znd;%;U=" "UTF-8"))) > (118 80 39 116 6 103 0 5)

Ideally clojure.data.codec throws or returns nil on bad input.

Answer 1

Reference: https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/DCODEC-5 (reported by alex+import)