this was hard, lol

text_codecs/custom_codecs/register.py

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+import codecs
+
+def register_codec(name, encode, decode):
+    class Codec(codecs.Codec):
+        def encode(self, input, errors="strict"):
+            return encode(input), len(input)
+
+        def decode(self, input, errors="strict"):
+            return decode(input), len(input)
+
+    def search_function(encoding):
+        if encoding == name:
+            return codecs.CodecInfo(
+                name=name,
+                encode=Codec().encode,
+                decode=Codec().decode
+            )
+        return None
+
+    codecs.register(search_function)
+
+