https://bugs.openldap.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6347

--- Comment #3 from Howard Chu hyc@openldap.org --- (In reply to drmuey+github from comment #2)

Would this make it so that non-ascii strings ar enot base 64 encoded?

Changing how the reader works has no bearing on whether the writer does base 64 encoding. Your question makes no sense.

The LDIF spec says the input values may be in UTF8 or base64 encoded, so this is a legitimate bug that should be fixed.