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@@ -22,6 +22,25 @@ manages the codec and error handling lookup process.
It defines the following functions:
+.. function:: encode(obj, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
+
+ Encodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*.
+
+ *Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The
+ default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that encoding errors raise
+ :exc:`ValueError` (or a more codec specific subclass, such as
+ :exc:`UnicodeEncodeError`). Refer to :ref:`codec-base-classes` for more
+ information on codec error handling.
+
+.. function:: decode(obj, encoding='utf-8', errors='strict')
+
+ Decodes *obj* using the codec registered for *encoding*.
+
+ *Errors* may be given to set the desired error handling scheme. The
+ default error handler is ``strict`` meaning that decoding errors raise
+ :exc:`ValueError` (or a more codec specific subclass, such as
+ :exc:`UnicodeDecodeError`). Refer to :ref:`codec-base-classes` for more
+ information on codec error handling.
.. function:: register(search_function)