cpython/Include/internal/pycore_codecs.h

#ifndef Py_INTERNAL_CODECS_H
#define Py_INTERNAL_CODECS_H
#ifdef __cplusplus
extern "C" {
#endif

#ifndef Py_BUILD_CORE
#  error "this header requires Py_BUILD_CORE define"
#endif

#include "pycore_lock.h"          // PyMutex

/* Initialize codecs-related state for the given interpreter, including
   registering the first codec search function. Must be called before any other
   PyCodec-related functions, and while only one thread is active. */
extern PyStatus _PyCodec_InitRegistry(PyInterpreterState *interp);

/* Finalize codecs-related state for the given interpreter. No PyCodec-related
   functions other than PyCodec_Unregister() may be called after this. */
extern void _PyCodec_Fini(PyInterpreterState *interp);

extern PyObject* _PyCodec_Lookup(const char *encoding);

/*
 * Un-register the error handling callback function registered under
 * the given 'name'. Only custom error handlers can be un-registered.
 *
 * - Return -1 and set an exception if 'name' refers to a built-in
 *   error handling name (e.g., 'strict'), or if an error occurred.
 * - Return 0 if no custom error handler can be found for 'name'.
 * - Return 1 if the custom error handler was successfully removed.
 */
extern int _PyCodec_UnregisterError(const char *name);

/* Text codec specific encoding and decoding API.

   Checks the encoding against a list of codecs which do not
   implement a str<->bytes encoding before attempting the
   operation.

   Please note that these APIs are internal and should not
   be used in Python C extensions.

   XXX (ncoghlan): should we make these, or something like them, public
   in Python 3.5+?

 */
extern PyObject* _PyCodec_LookupTextEncoding(
   const char *encoding,
   const char *alternate_command);

extern PyObject* _PyCodec_EncodeText(
   PyObject *object,
   const char *encoding,
   const char *errors);

extern PyObject* _PyCodec_DecodeText(
   PyObject *object,
   const char *encoding,
   const char *errors);

/* These two aren't actually text encoding specific, but _io.TextIOWrapper
 * is the only current API consumer.
 */
extern PyObject* _PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalDecoder(
   PyObject *codec_info,
   const char *errors);

extern PyObject* _PyCodecInfo_GetIncrementalEncoder(
   PyObject *codec_info,
   const char *errors);

// Per-interpreter state used by codecs.c.
struct codecs_state {};

#ifdef __cplusplus
}
#endif
#endif /* !Py_INTERNAL_CODECS_H */