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+""" Python 'utf-7' Codec
+
+Written by Brian Quinlan (brian@sweetapp.com).
+"""
+import codecs
+
+### Codec APIs
+
+class Codec(codecs.Codec):
+
+    # Note: Binding these as C functions will result in the class not
+    # converting them to methods. This is intended.
+    encode = codecs.utf_7_encode
+    decode = codecs.utf_7_decode
+
+class StreamWriter(Codec,codecs.StreamWriter):
+    pass
+        
+class StreamReader(Codec,codecs.StreamReader):
+    pass
+
+### encodings module API
+
+def getregentry():
+
+    return (Codec.encode,Codec.decode,StreamReader,StreamWriter)
+