The full details for each codec can also be looked up directly:
-.. function:: lookup(encoding)
+.. function:: lookup(encoding, /)
Looks up the codec info in the Python codec registry and returns a
:class:`CodecInfo` object as defined below.
Custom codecs are made available by registering a suitable codec search
function:
-.. function:: register(search_function)
+.. function:: register(search_function, /)
Register a codec search function. Search functions are expected to take one
argument, being the encoding name in all lower case letters with hyphens
Hyphens and spaces are converted to underscore.
-.. function:: unregister(search_function)
+.. function:: unregister(search_function, /)
Unregister a codec search function and clear the registry's cache.
If the search function is not registered, do nothing.
The set of allowed values can be extended by registering a new named error
handler:
-.. function:: register_error(name, error_handler)
+.. function:: register_error(name, error_handler, /)
Register the error handling function *error_handler* under the name *name*.
The *error_handler* argument will be called during encoding and decoding
Previously registered error handlers (including the standard error handlers)
can be looked up by name:
-.. function:: lookup_error(name)
+.. function:: lookup_error(name, /)
Return the error handler previously registered under the name *name*.