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

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

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

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

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

name The name of the encoding.

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

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

incrementaldecoder Incremental encoder and decoder classes or factory functions. These have to provide the interface defined

unpack(buffer) Identical to the unpack() function, using the compiled format. The buffer’s size in bytes must equal