codecs.getdecoder(encoding) Look up the codec for the given encoding and return its decoder function. Raises

class codecs.StreamReaderWriter(stream, Reader, Writer, errors) Creates a StreamReaderWriter instance. stream

encodings.idna.nameprep(label) Return the nameprepped version of label. The implementation currently assumes query

name The name of the encoding.

class codecs.IncrementalDecoder(errors='strict') Constructor for an IncrementalDecoder instance.

setstate(state) Set the state of the encoder to state. state must be a decoder state returned by getstate()

codecs.ignore_errors(exception) Implements the 'ignore' error handling: malformed data is ignored and encoding

encode decode The stateless encoding and decoding functions. These must be functions or methods which have the same

codecs.replace_errors(exception) Implements the 'replace' error handling (for text

unpack_from(buffer, offset=0) Identical to the unpack_from() function, using the compiled format. The buffer’s