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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def encode(self, value):
 """ Encode the value so that it's identical to what we'll read off the connection """

        if self.decode_responses and isinstance(value, bytes):
            value = value.decode(self.encoding)
        elif not self.decode_responses and isinstance(value, str):
            value = value.encode(self.encoding)
        return value