Close #17827: Document codecs.encode & codecs.decode
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 Library
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+- Issue #17827: Add the missing documentation for ``codecs.encode`` and
+    ``codecs.decode``.
+
 - Issue #6157: Fixed Tkinter.Text.debug().  Original patch by Guilherme Polo.
 
 - Issue #6160: The bbox() method of tkinter.Spinbox now returns a tuple of
+
   integers instead of a string.  Based on patch by Guilherme Polo.
 
 - Issue #19286: Directories in ``package_data`` are no longer added to