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12254 encoding mantra is decode goes from BYTES to UNICODE CHARACTERS. encode goes from UNICODE CHARACTERS to BYTES. decode bytes to unicode characters as soon as possible, work with unicode characters, and encode to bytes as late as possible. botje <*:##NULL>
12253 encoding mantra is decode goes from BYTES to UNICODE CHARACTERS. encode goes from UNICODE CHARACTERS to BYTES. decode bytes to unicode as soon as possible, work with unicode, and encode to bytes as late as possible. botje <*:##NULL>
12139 encoding mantra is decode goes from BYTES to UNICODE. encode goes from UNICODE to BYTES. decode bytes to unicode as soon as possible, work with unicode, and encode to bytes as late as possible. botje <*:##NULL>