}

    /*
     * Allocate the buffer. This is a little bit too long, but is "good
     * enough".
     */

    resultObj = Tcl_NewObj();
    offset = 0;
    data = Tcl_GetByteArrayFromObj(objv[objc-1], &count);
    if (data == NULL) {
	Tcl_AppendResult(interp, "binary encode expects bytes", NULL);
	return TCL_ERROR;
    }

    rawLength = (lineLength - 1) * 3 / 4;
    start = cursor = Tcl_SetByteArrayLength(resultObj,
	    (lineLength + wrapcharlen) *
	    ((count + (rawLength - 1)) / rawLength));
    n = bits = 0;

    /*