import codecs

def register_codec(encode, decode, name):
    """Registers a codec so that it can later be used to encode
    or decode strings and bytes.
    """
    def encode_wrapper(text):
        return encode(text), len(text)

    def decode_wrapper(data):
        return decode(data), len(data)

    def search_for_codec(query):
        if query == name:
            return codecs.CodecInfo(encode_wrapper, decode_wrapper, name=name)

    codecs.register(search_for_codec)