made my codecs but was having trouble testing it

text_codecs/alphanumeric.py

@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 import string
 import codecs
-from custom_codecs.register import register_codec
+
 from easybits import Bits
+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)
+
 
 allowed_characters = string.ascii_letters + string.digits