codecs
The codecs module provides an interface for accessing different string encoding and decoding functions (codecs) as well as a collection of base classes that can be used to define new codecs. The following functions are available:
register(search_function)
Registers a new codec search function. This function should take a single argument in the form of an encoding string (for example, 'utf-8') and return a tuple of functions (encoder, decoder, streamreader, streamwriter).
lookup(encoding)
Looks up a codec in the codec registry. encoding is a string such as 'utf-8'. Returns a tuple of functions (encoder, decoder, streamreader, streamwriter). Internally, this function keeps a cache of previously used encodings. If a match is not found in ...
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