Revert 239921 "Revert 239759 "The comment in base64.h implies th..."

trunk/src/chrome/browser/metrics/variations/variations_http_header_provider.cc

Index: trunk/src/chrome/browser/metrics/variations/variations_http_header_provider.cc
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--- trunk/src/chrome/browser/metrics/variations/variations_http_header_provider.cc	(revision 239942)
+++ trunk/src/chrome/browser/metrics/variations/variations_http_header_provider.cc	(working copy)
@@ -163,16 +163,12 @@
   proto.SerializeToString(&serialized);
 
   std::string hashed;
-  if (base::Base64Encode(serialized, &hashed)) {
-    // If successful, swap the header value with the new one.
-    // Note that the list of IDs and the header could be temporarily out of sync
-    // if IDs are added as the header is recreated. The receiving servers are OK
-    // with such discrepancies.
-    variation_ids_header_ = hashed;
-  } else {
-    NOTREACHED() << "Failed to base64 encode Variation IDs value: "
-                 << serialized;
-  }
+  base::Base64Encode(serialized, &hashed);
+  // If successful, swap the header value with the new one.
+  // Note that the list of IDs and the header could be temporarily out of sync
+  // if IDs are added as the header is recreated. The receiving servers are OK
+  // with such discrepancies.
+  variation_ids_header_ = hashed;
 }
 
 // static